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:17159@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260214T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260214T170000 DTSTAMP:20260210T193958Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2026-02-14/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Ask Me-Stafford DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Ask Me-Stafford An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short read ing as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays\, 4-5\, an d on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come twic e a week or once in a while.\n\nThe participants over the years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community o f inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the readin g itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in\, with a session o nly an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Th ose who are 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\n Facilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the chat and callin g on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role .\nThe reading for this session: Saturday (2/14 at 4PM)\n\nAsk Me\nSome ti me when the river is ice ask me\nmistakes I have made. Ask me whether\nwha t I have done is my life. Others\nhave come in their slow way into\nmy tho ught\, and some have tried to help\nor to hurt: ask me what difference\nth eir strongest love or hate has made.\n\nI will listen to what you say.\nYo u and I can turn and look\nat the silent river and wait. We know\nthe curr ent is there\, hidden\; and there\nare comings and goings from miles away\ nthat hold the stillness exactly before us.\nWhat the river says\, that is what I say.\n--William Stafford\n\n\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)\, 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,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR