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SUMMARY:Sacred Text Reading Group (Barbara Ehrenreich)
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Text Reading Group (Barbara Ehrenreich)  \n\n\nA twice-w
 eekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays\, 4-5\, and o
 n Wednesdays\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome!\n\nUsing a spi
 ritual-practice approach\, in each session we will explore a different bri
 ef scriptural text in depth. The aims of the sessions are educational (lea
 rning something about the texts and traditions)\, spiritual/moral (discove
 ring what the texts ask of us)\, and community-building (getting to know e
 ach other better). Our practice usually follows this version of Lectio Div
 ina.\n\nThe facilitator will have a version of the text available to share
 \; “bring” your own if you like. All are welcome\, as are your suggest
 ions of future texts. Group members also take turns facilitating\, if they
  want to try that role.\n\nOur text for Saturday\, November 13\, 2021\, is
  from Living with a Wild God\, by Barbara Ehrenreich.\n\n\n\n. . . [T]here
  is one image\, handed down over the centuries\, that seems to apply\, and
  that is the image of fire\, as in the "burning bush." At some point in my
  predawn walk—not at the top of a hill or the exact moment of sunrise\, 
 but in its own good time—the world flamed into life. How else to describ
 e it? There were no visions\, no prophetic voices or visits by totemic ani
 mals\, just this blazing everywhere. Something poured into me and I poured
  into it. This was not the passive beatific merger with "the All\," as pro
 mised by the Eastern mystics. It was a furious encounter with a living sub
 stance that was coming at me through all things at once\, and one reason f
 or the terrible wordlessness of the experience is that you cannot observe 
 fire really closely without becoming part of it. Whether you start as a tw
 ig or a gorgeous tapestry\, you will be recruited into the flame and made 
 indistinguishable from the rest of the blaze.\n\nYou may appreciate seeing
  the broader context here. We'll read that longer passage once\, then sett
 le in to a closer reading of the single paragraph given above.\n\nTo have 
 check-in time\, or if you are new and would like a brief orientation\, arr
 ive ten minutes early. And all are welcome to stay ten minutes after as we
 ll\, for more getting-acquainted time.\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n 	Join this cl
 ass from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/578882781\n 	Join this class 
 using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 578 882 781\n 	Join this class by phone: 6
 69 900 9128 US (San Jose)\, Meeting ID: 578 882 781\n 	Join this class by 
 on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,578882781# US (San Jose)\n 	Phoni
 ng in\, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.u
 s/u/abL8clvIYT\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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