BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:16500@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241116T170000 DTSTAMP:20241112T165007Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-2-2024-11-16/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The Way of Paradox-Smith DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The Way of Paradox-Smith An explor ation of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different s hort reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come twice a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the years h ave found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate co mmunity of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as t he reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a session only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the convers ation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very w ell this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends .\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat a nd calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come fr om group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\nThe reading for this session: Saturday (11/16 at 4PM)\n\n\nR eligion withers at the heart when it becomes too domesticated\, when its G od has become tame\, docile\, and entirely safe. The God of Abraham was no t like that\, nor the God of Moses\, still less the God whom Jesus address ed as 'Father'--to serve their God was to embark upon an adventure\, in wh ich almost anything might happen. Safety and security have their own appea l\, but on their own they cannot fully satisfy.\n—Cyprian Smith\, OSB [O rder of Saint Benedict] (From Cyprian Smith\, The Way of Paradox: Spiritua l life as taught by Meister Eckhart\, p. 31.)\n\n \;\n\n\nHow to join: \n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324 \, passcode 227385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meetin g ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by on-tap on mobile phones: +166990 09128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay are a?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For the Wednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant -reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly call ed "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more oft en than not our sources are secular--but it's worth describing the qualiti es of a sacred text\, which we still look for in the readings we choose. I t is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme im portance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n percei ve or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authentically ourselves.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09 /Resonant-Reading.png CATEGORIES:Adult,Classes,Learning,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR