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:18468@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260808T170000 DTSTAMP:20260807T155459Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2-2026-08-08/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Ethics of Truth-Robinson DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Ethics of Truth-Robinson 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. All are wide open and you are welcome to come weekly or once in a wh ile.\nThe reading for this session:\nEverything depends on reverence for w ho we are and what we are\, on the sacredness implicit in the human circum stance. We know how deeply we can injure one another by denying fairness. We know how profoundly we can impoverish ourselves by failing to find valu e in one another. We know that respect is a profound alleviation\, which w e can offer and too often withhold. ... A theology of grace is a higher re alism\, an ethics of truth.\n—Marilynne Robinson (2015)\, The Givenness of Things\, p. 286\n\nThe participants over the years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirer s 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 only an hou r long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Those who ar e frequently in the group get to know each other very well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\n\nFacilitato rs use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and calling on whoev er's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\n\n&nb sp\;\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 on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,91019857324# US (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8 clvIYT\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 acti vity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--fo r 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 for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to s omething of supreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other being s or to the universe\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authenti cally 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