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:17206@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260204T130000 DTSTAMP:20260202T200754Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/resonant-reading-wednesday-2026-02-04/ SUMMARY:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Understanding any Parable-Mark 4:9–1 3 DESCRIPTION:Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-Understanding any Parable-Mark 4:9 –13 An exploration of ideas\, feelings\, and our life experiences\, usi ng a different short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions ar e on Saturdays\, 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 years have found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are a s important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a ch eck-in\, with a session only an hour long\, Resonant Reading jumps right i n to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know e ach other very well this way\, and those who are new will soon find they a re among friends.\n\n\n\nFacilitators use a light hand\, posting the readi ng in the chat and calling on whoever's Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for r eadings* come from group members\, who also take turns facilitating\, if t hey want to try that role.\n\nThe reading for this session: Wednesday\, F ebruary 4th\n\n\nThen Jesus said\, “Whoever has ears to hear\, let them hear.”\n\nWhen he was alone\, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. He told them\, “The secret of the kingdom of Go d has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that\,\n“they may be ever seeing but never perceiving\,\nan d ever hearing but never understanding\;\notherwise they might turn and be forgiven!”\nThen Jesus said to them\, “Don’t you understand this pa rable? How then will you understand any parable?"\n—Mark 4:9–13\n\nHow to join:\n\n\n\n Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/ j/96865808923\, passcode 227385\n Join this class using the Zoom app: Mee ting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by phone: 669 900 6833 US (San J ose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n Join this class by one-tap on mobile pho nes: 6699006833\,\,96865808923#  (San Jose)\n Phoning in\, but not in th e 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 C alendar and click on a Saturday session.\n\n\nQuestions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.\n\n\n \;\n\n*This activity was form erly called "Sacred Text Reading." That proved misleading--for one thing\, more often than not our sources are secular--but it's worth describing th e 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 s upreme importance to us\n feel more connected to other beings or to the u niverse\n feel more intensely alive\n align our lives with our values\,\ n perceive or feel more deeply\n be more fully and authentically ourselv es.\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