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:17199@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251217T130000 DTSTAMP:20251212T235333Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-wednesday-2025-12-17/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-What is a Christian?-Ehrman DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-What is a Christian?-Ehrman An ex ploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, using a differe nt short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturda ys\, 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 yea rs have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionat e 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\, wit h a session only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the con versation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other ve ry well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they are among fri ends.\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the reading in the ch at and calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* com e from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\nThe reading for this session: Wednesday\, December 17th \nI don’t think Christians are the ones who happen to pass a particular theological litmus test.  Let alone a litmus test designed to exclude eve ryone except that very (very!) small and well defined group of people who happen to agree with *me*! I should say that sometimes I consider myself a Christian agnostic\, since I still do try to emulate the teachings of Jes us as they can be translated into the modern idiom.  I do try to practice the Golden Rule and to follow the Love commandment.  But I do not believ e Christ died for my sins and rose from the dead\, so most people (not all ) would not consider me Christian.   So am I a Christian?  I suppose it depends on whom you ask.   I certainly don’t believe traditional Christ ian beliefs about Jesus and I don’t worship in a Christian church (or an ywhere else)\, so by my definitions\, I’m not a Christian.  I’m an ag nostic who follows (many) Christian ethical principles (while I disagree w ith others).\n—Bart Ehrman\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n\n\n Join this class fr om your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/96865808923\, passcode 227385\n Jo in this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this c lass by phone: 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Joi n this class by one-tap on mobile phones: 6699006833\,\,96865808923#  (Sa n 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 Wednesdays. For the Zoom link for Saturday\, go to Calendar and click on a Saturday sessi on.\n\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\ n\n \;\n\n*This activity was formerly called "Sacred Text Reading." Th at proved misleading--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 for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:\n\n connect to something of supreme importance 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 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:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR