BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18463@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260704T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260704T170000 DTSTAMP:20260704T145524Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2-2026-07-04/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)—William Stafford\, The Way It Is DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)—William Stafford\, The Way It Is An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a d ifferent short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on S aturdays\, 4-5. All are wide open and you are welcome to come weekly or on ce in a while.\n\nThe reading for this session: Saturday\, July 4\, 2026\n \n\nThe Way It Is\nThere’s a thread you follow. It goes among\nthings th at change. But it doesn’t change.\nPeople wonder about what you are purs uing.\nYou have to explain about the thread.\nBut it is hard for others to see.\nWhile you hold it you can’t get lost.\nTragedies happen\; people get hurt\nor die\; and you suffer and get old.\nNothing you do can stop ti me’s unfolding.\nYou don’t ever let go of the thread.\n--William Staff ord\, The Way It Is\, p. 42\n\nThe participants over the years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a session on ly an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Tho se who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well this w ay\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\n\nF acilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group m embers\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role. \n\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)\, Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324\n Join this class by o n-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phon ing 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\nQuesti ons? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n* This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misle ading--for one thing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it 's worth describing the qualities of a sacred text\, which we still look f or in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n con nect to something of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to ot her beings or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our li ves with our values\,\n perceive 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,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR