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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T160000
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URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sacred-text-reading-group-2021-10-09/
SUMMARY:Sacred Text Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Text Reading Group  \n\n\nA twice-weekly online sacred t
 ext reading group. We meet on Saturdays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\, 12-1. 
 All are wide open and you are welcome!\n\nUsing a spiritual-practice appro
 ach\, in each session we will explore a different brief scriptural text in
  depth. The aims of the sessions are educational (learning something about
  the texts and traditions)\, spiritual/moral (discovering what the texts a
 sk of us)\, and community-building (getting to know each other better). Ou
 r practice usually follows this version of Lectio Divina.\n\nThe facilitat
 or will have a version of the text available to share\; “bring” your o
 wn if you like. All are welcome\, as are your suggestions of future texts.
  Group members also take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that rol
 e.\n\n\nOur text for Saturday\, October 9\, 2021\, a hadith from the colle
 ction Mishkat al-Masabih. It was edited by an Islamic scholar Khatib al-Ta
 brizi\, who died in 1341. It’s based on a collection called Masabih al-S
 unnah edited an Islamic scholar named al-Bagawi\, who died in 1122. A hadi
 th is a story about the words or deeds of Muhammed\, and there are many co
 llections of hadith. Mishkat al-Masabih (“A niche for a lamp”) is a po
 pular collection and contains around 5000 hadith. A question the following
  Hadith raises it to what degree should a person be open to conversations 
 about any topic? Was Muhammad just being polite to his neighbor when he wa
 s willing to talk about anything or did he feel there is wisdom and insigh
 t to be gained to be from any conversation?\n\nZayd b. Thabit said: I was 
 his neighbor\, and when the inspiration descended on him he sent for me an
 d I went to him and wrote it down for him. When we talked about this world
  he did so along with us\, when we talked about the next world he did so a
 long with us\, and when we talked about food he did so along with us. All 
 this I tell you about God's messenger. (reprinted in Sacred Texts of the W
 orld. Ninian Smart and Richard Hecht. Macmillian\, 1982. p. 175)\n\nTo hav
 e check-in time\, or if you are new and would like a brief orientation\, a
 rrive ten minutes early. And all are welcome to stay ten minutes after as 
 well\, for more getting-acquainted time.\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n 	Join this 
 class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/578882781\n 	Join this clas
 s using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 578 882 781\n 	Join this class by phone:
  669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 578 882 781\n 	Join this class b
 y on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,578882781# US (San Jose)\n 	Pho
 ning in\, but not in the bay area?  Find 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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