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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210213T160000
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URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sacred-text-reading-group-2021-02-13/
SUMMARY:Sacred Text Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Text Reading Group  \n\n\nA weekly online sacred text re
 ading group with Amy\n\nUsing a spiritual-practice approach\, in each sess
 ion we will explore a different brief scriptural text in depth. The aims o
 f the sessions are educational (learning something about the texts and tra
 ditions)\, spiritual/moral (discovering what the texts ask of us)\, and co
 mmunity-building (getting to know each other better). Amy will have a vers
 ion of the text available to share\; “bring” your own if you like. All
  are welcome\, as are your suggestions of future texts. About half our rea
 dings so far have been those suggested by group members.\n\n\nOn Saturday\
 , February 13\, we'll read this passage of the Song of Songs\, also known 
 as the Song of Solomon:\n\n\n\nWould that you were a brother to me\,\nsuck
 ling my mother’s breasts.\nI would find you in the street\, would kiss y
 ou\,\nand they would show no scorn for me. (they = watchmen mentioned else
 where)\n\nI would lead you\, I would bring you\nto my mother’s house\, s
 he would teach me.\nI would give you spiced wine to drink\,\nfrom my pomeg
 ranate wine.\n\nHis left hand beneath my head\,\nhis right hand embracing 
 me.\n\nI make you swear\, O daughters of Jerusalem\,\nthat you shall not r
 ouse nor stir love\nuntil it pleases.    (8:1-4)\n\nThis earlier passag
 e (3:1-4) provides some context:\n\nOn my couch at night\nI sought him I l
 ove so.\nI sought him but did not find him.\n\nLet me rise and go round th
 e town\,\nin the streets and in the square.\nLet me seek him I love so.\nI
  sought him but did not find him.\n\nThe watchmen who go round the town fo
 und me.\n“Have you seen him I love so?”\n\nI had barely passed on from
  them\nwhen I found him I love so.\nI held him and did not let go\ntill I 
 brought him to my mother’s house\,\nand to the chamber of her who concei
 ved me. (Robert Alter translation)\n\nBible Gateway has dozens of differen
 t translations of the Bible if you'd like to compare a few. The whole book
  is only these eight chapters long\, if you want to read the whole thing.\
 n\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n 	Join this class from your Web browser: https://zo
 om.us/j/578882781\n 	Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 578 8
 82 781\n 	Join this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting I
 D: 578 882 781\n 	Join this class by on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128
 \,\,578882781# US (San Jose)\n 	Phoning in\, but not in the bay area?  Fi
 nd your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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CATEGORIES:Adult,Classes,Learning,Small Groups
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