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:16854@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250621T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250621T170000 DTSTAMP:20250621T232642Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-2-2025-06-21/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-an old nightmare-Rowling DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-an old nightmare-Rowling 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\, June 21:\n\n\nIt w as like sinking into an old nightmare\; for an instant Harry knelt again b eside Dumbledore’s body at the foot of the tallest tower at Hogwarts\, but in reality he was staring at a tiny body curled upon the grass\, pierc ed by Bellatrix’s silver knife. […]\nHe stretched out a hand and pulle d the sharp blade from the elf’s body\, then dragged off his own jacket and covered Dobby in it like a blanket  […]\nAnd shortly afterward he h ad set to work\, alone\, digging the grave in the place that Bill had show n him at the end of the garden\, between bushes. He dug with a kind of fur y\, relishing the manual work\, glorying in the non-magic of it\, for ever y drop of his sweat and every blister felt like a gift to the elf who had saved their lives.\nHis scar burned\, but he was master of the pain\; he f elt it\, yet was apart from it. He had learned control at last\, learned t o shut his mind to Voldemort\, the very thing Dumbledore had wanted him to learn from Snape. […] Grief\, it seemed\, drove Voldemort out… thou gh Dumbledore\, of course\, would have said that it was love.\n--JK Rowli ng\, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows\n\n \;\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324\, p asscode 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)\, Meeting ID : 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by on-tap on mobile phones: +1669900912 8\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  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-rea ding+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called " Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often t han not our sources are secular--but it's worth describing the qualities o f a sacred text\, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme import ance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n fe el more intensely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive o r 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,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR