BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17178@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260627T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260627T170000 DTSTAMP:20260627T200540Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-saturday-2026-06-27/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Standing Strong in Respect— Halifax DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Saturday)-Standing Strong in Respect— Halif ax An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a different short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are o n Saturdays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you ar e welcome to come twice a week or once in a while.\n\n\n\nThe reading for this session: Saturday June 27\, 2026\n\n\nWhen we feel disrespect\, distr ust\, or even hatred for someone\, we can take a leap up to the high ridge of respect and see that we are all interconnected\, in one way or another \; at the very least\, we share suffering. Then we can drop into our heart s [...] and pray that our adversaries may be free of suffering. We may not respect their actions--but we can respect someone's essential humanness a nd thus their potential for transformation. It's a way to heal our own sen se of helplessness\, our suffering and anger\, and return to standing stro ng in respect.\nJoan Halifax\, Standing at the Edge\, pp. 141-2\n\n\nThe p articipants over the years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and conv erse\, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups beg in with a check-in\, with a session only an hour long\, Resonant Reading j umps right in to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the group g et to know each other very well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posti ng the reading in the chat and calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Sugge stions for readings* come from group members\, who also take turns facilit ating\, 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\, pa sscode 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/abL8clvIYT\n\nThis is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For the Wednesday Zoom link\, go to the Calendar and c lick on a Wednesday session.\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-read ing+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "S acred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often th an 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 something of supreme importa nce to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n fee l more intensely alive\n align our lives 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