Opening and Closing Readings
Below find a selection of possible opening and closing readings.
- Resilience Circles Poetry
- Community Values, Inner Work, and Resilience Circles
- The World Designed by God, John Paul II
- Time to Stop, by Wayne Muller
- Desperately Seeking Hozho, by Alan Wartes
- Turning to One Another, by Meg Wheatley
- Take Courage Friends, by Wayne B. Arnason
- We Need One Another, by George Odell
- Connections, by Marge Piercy
- Homework for Session 3: Toward a Vision of Security, by Linda Schmoldt
- Learning to Say a Clearer “Yes or No,” by Thomas Kelly
- Where Two or Three Gather, by Sue Monk Kidd
- Personal Preparation, by Chris Martenson
- A Portrait of America in Trash, by Jose Padua
- Thoughts on Debt, by David Graeber
- What Will Make Our Lives Better? By David Orr
- The Difference Between Heaven and Hell
- From Racehorse to Workhorse, by Bill McKibben
- We’re in This Together by Chuck Collins
- On The Real Economy by Joe Beageant
- Courage and Common Security, by Rev. Myke Johnson
- Go In Peace, by Mark L. Belletini
- The Larger Circle, by Wendell Berry
- To Be of Use, By Marge Piercy
- A Now or Never Kind of Project, by Barbara Kingsolver
- Responsive Reading from the U.N. Environmental Sabbath Program
- All I Cannot Save, Adrienne Rich
- On Waking, John O’Donohue
- Prayers Related to Debt
- How Did They Get Away With It? By Gretchen Morgenson
