Renewal Book Club

April's Book, Voting

Below are the suggestions that were submitted for this month's read, please select the book you would like for this month's read.


Once I have all votes, I will announce the most voted for.

Below that, I have added in a day and time voting section. I would like to set the book club live zoom for the same time every month, so we all know how long we have each month to read the selection and always know when the scheduled meeting is at the end of the month,


Please select the days and times that you are free. I will set up a reoccurring live zoom, for our book club.

This Month's Book Suggestions

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants is a 2013 nonfiction book by Potawatomi professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, about the role of Indigenous knowledge as an alternative or complementary approach to Western mainstream scientific methodologies.

Braiding Sweetgrass explores reciprocal relationships between humans and the land, with a focus on the role of plants and botany in both Native American and Western European traditions. The book received largely positive reviews, and has appeared on several bestseller lists. Kimmerer is known for her scholarship on traditional ecological knowledge, ethnobotany, and moss ecology

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose is a 2005 self-help book by Eckhart Tolle.

In the book, Tolle asserts that everyone can find "the freedom and joy of life" if they live in the present moment.[7] The book describes human dysfunction, selfishness, anxiety, and the inhumanity we inflict on each other, as well as mankind's failed attempts to find life meaning and purpose through material possessions and unhealthy relationships.[1] It asserts that thoughts can have a powerful and beneficial "effect on the healing process"[7] and puts forth a concept of "evolutionary transformation of human consciousness" which prompts the reader to participate in "honest self-evaluation [that] can lead to positive change."[7]

Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins 1995

distinguishes between true power (inner strength, integrity, and consciousness) and force (coercive, ego-driven, and physical struggle). Power creates lasting results by influencing from within, while force is unsustainable, requiring constant energy input to fight against resistance. Power is associated with higher consciousness (love, compassion), while force operates at lower levels.

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge 1968) by Carlos Castaneda

is an ethnographic, first-person narrative detailing the author's apprenticeship under Don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian "man of knowledge". It explores the use of hallucinogenic plants—peyote ("Mescalito"), jimson weed, and a mushroom mixture—to alter perception, combat fear, and achieve a "separate reality"

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