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SUMMARY:Sacred Text Reading Group (Wed.)
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Text Reading Group (Wed.)  \n\n\nA twice-weekly online s
 acred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays\, 4-5\, and on Wednesdays\,
  12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Please note that the Zoom ro
 om now requires a password\, so please drop an e-mail to sacred-text-readi
 ng+owner@uucpa.org to express interest.\n\nWhat do we mean by a sacred tex
 t? Any text that helps us to:\n\n 	connect to something of supreme importa
 nce to us\n 	feel more connected to other beings or to the universe\n 	fee
 l more intensely alive\n 	align our lives with our values\,\n 	perceive or
  feel more deeply\n 	be more fully and authentically ourselves.\n\nAs Unit
 arian Universalists\, we find these kinds of meanings everywhere\, so the 
 text itself might be from a so-called secular source\, or from a religious
  canon\, or something in-between.\n\nThe participants over the years have 
 found that the approach we take\, and the respectful\, affectionate commun
 ity of inquirers in which we read and converse\, are as important as the t
 ext. Our practice usually follows one of these versions of Lectio Divina.
  The aims of the sessions are educational (learning something about the te
 xts and traditions)\, spiritual/moral (discovering what the texts ask of u
 s)\, and community-building (getting to know each other better).\n\nThe fa
 cilitator will post a version of the text in the chat for all to see. Ever
 yone is welcome\, as are your suggestions of future texts. Group members a
 lso take turns facilitating\, if they want to try that role.\n\n\n\nWednes
 day\, May 15 Sacred Texts Reading:\n\nThe Rabbis frequently suggested that
  on Mount Sinai\, each one of the Israelites who had been standing at the 
 foot of the mountain had experienced God in a different way. God had\, as 
 it were\, adapted himself to each person" according to the comprehension o
 f each"* As one Rabbi put it\, "God does not come to man oppressively but 
 commensurately with a man's power of receiving him.** This very important 
 rabbinic insight meant that God could not be described in a formula as tho
 ugh he were the same for everybody\; he is an essentially subjective exper
 ience. Each individual would experience the reality of "God" in a differen
 t way to answer the need of his or her own particular temperament.\n– Ka
 ren Armstrong in A History of God\n\n\n\nFor check-in / getting-acquainted
  time\, and for those who are new and want a brief orientation to the prac
 tice\, the room will be open ten minutes before and ten minutes after the 
 session.\n\n\nHow to join: First\, e-mail sacred-text-reading+owner@uucpa.
 org\, since you will need a password. Then:\n\n\n\n\n 	Join this class fro
 m your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/96865808923\n 	Join this class using
  the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n 	Join this class by phone: +1 6
 69 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923\n 	Join this class by 
 one-tap on mobile phones: +16699006833\,\,96865808923#  (San Jose)\n 	Pho
 ning in\, but not in the 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 Calendar and click on a Saturday session.\n\n\n 
CATEGORIES:Adult,Classes,Learning,Ongoing Events,Small Groups
LOCATION:https://zoom.us/j/578882781
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