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URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/sacred-text-reading-group-2022-04-30/
SUMMARY:Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)  \n\n\nA twice-weekly onli
 ne sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesda
 ys\, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome!\n\nUsing a spiritual-pra
 ctice approach\, in each session we will explore a different brief scriptu
 ral text in depth. The aims of the sessions are educational (learning some
 thing about the texts and traditions)\, spiritual/moral (discovering what 
 the texts ask of us)\, and community-building (getting to know each other 
 better). Our practice usually follows this version of Lectio Divina.\n\nTh
 e facilitator will have a version of the text available to share\; “brin
 g” your own if you like. All are welcome\, as are your suggestions of fu
 ture texts. Group members also take turns facilitating\, if they want to t
 ry that role.\n\n\nOur text for Saturday\, April 30\, 2022\, is this passa
 ge from the novel A River Runs Through It\, by Norman Maclean:\n\n\nWe sat
  on the bank and the river went by. As always\, it was making sounds to it
 self\, and now it made sounds to us […] \n\nOn the Big Blackfoot River a
 bove the mouth of Belmont Creek the banks are fringed by large Ponderosa p
 ines. In the slanting sun of late afternoon the shadows of great branches 
 reached from across the river\, and the trees took the river in their arms
 . The shadows continued up the bank\, until they included us. A river\, th
 ough\, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to e
 ach of us […] \n\nFor some time [after my brother Paul’s death]\, my f
 ather struggled for more to hold on to. “Are you sure you have told me e
 verything you know about his death?” he asked. I said\, “Everything.
 ” “It’s not much\, is it?” “No\,” I replied\, “but you can l
 ove completely without complete understanding.” “That I have known and
  preached\,” my father said.\n\n\nBackground for the quote is here.\n\n\
 nTo have check-in time\, or if you are new and would like a brief orientat
 ion\, arrive ten minutes early. And all are welcome to stay ten minutes af
 ter as well\, for more getting-acquainted time.\n\n\nHow to join:\n\n 	Joi
 n this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/578882781\n 	Join th
 is class 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 by on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128\,\,578882781# US (San Jose)
 \n 	Phoning 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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