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Opening and Closing Readings

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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

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