The Book of Common Moments: July 2009

Welcome to The Book of Common Moments

On this blog I reflect on common moments. Some of those reflections are sermons and other things I have shaped for oral communication. Some are more precise reflections on incidents in mine and others' lives. Some are poems, short stories, essays. I invite you to join in the dialogue.

All our stories amount to an infinite number of variations on a handful of great themes. Becoming conscious of our stories is perhaps the biggest adaptive challenge for human beings. When we begin to know what stories we are telling and living, we stand a better chance of choosing those stories that are true.

Do not believe it because someone said it, or because it is in a book, or because you read it on the internet, or because that is what you were taught in school, church, temple, or Boy Scouts. Believe it only when you have tested it in your own life and find that you can affirm it in the deepest part of your soul.

Then it is your story.

Some Books on my Kindle

Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Armstrong, Jason. Solosexual: Portrait of a Masturbator
Bailey, Elisabeth Tova. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Barratt, Barnaby B. Confessions of the Greek God
Barratt, Barnaby B. Sexual Health and Erotic Freedom
Barratt, Barnaby B. What is Tantric Practice?
Becker, Ernst. The Denial of Death
Bonaventure, St. Collection (6 Books)
Borg, Marcus J, and John Dominic Crossan. The Last Week: What the Gospel Really Teach About Jesus' Final Days in Jerusalem
Branch, Taylor. America During the King Years 1954-63
Broughton, James. ALL: A James Broughton Reader
Brown, Brené. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be...
Butcher, Carmen Acevedo. The Cloud of Unknowing: A New Translation
Carrellas, Barbara. Urban Tantra, Second Edition: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century
Carroll, Sean. From Eternity to Here
Chia, Mantak, and Douglas Abrams. The Multi-Orgasmic Man: Sexual Secrets Every Man Should Know
Chödrön, Pema. Meditation: How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind
Coakley, Sarah. God, Sexuality, and the Self
Comey, James. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
Dalai Lama, The; Bodhi, Bhikkhu. In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
Dalrymple, William. From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium
Dodson, Betty. Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Fox, Matthew. Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh
Fox, Matthew. The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine
Fromm, Erich. The Art of Loving
Gates, Sheridan. Losing Sight, Finding Vision: Thriving Throughout Life's Losses
Graves, Robert. The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth
Grether, Bruce P. The Secret of the Golden Phallus
Harner, Michael. The Way of the Shaman
Heer, Dain. Embodiment: The Manual You Should Have Been Given When You Were Born
Hillman, James. Kinds of Power
Hollis, James. Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
Huysmans, Joris-Karl. A Rebours
Jaffe, Harry. Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, DC
Johnson, Robert A. Lying with the Heavenly Woman
Johnson, Robert A. Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche
Julian of Norwich. Revelations of Divine Love
Kaplan, Robert. The Nothing that is: A Natural History of Zero
Katzanzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek
Khema, Ayya. Being Nobody, Going Nowhere
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book
Martin,Henry. Agnes Martin: Pioneer, Painter, Icon
McLaren, Brian D. Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words
Merlis, Mark. JD: A Novel
Merton, Thomas. Thoughts in solitude
Michaelson, Jay. God vs. Gay?: The Religious Case for Equality
Moore, Thomas. Care of the Soul: Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness
Mueller Report, The
Naft, Joseph. The Sacred Art of Soul Making: Second Edition
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, Basic Writings of Nietzsche
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm. Beyond Good and Evil (Annotated)
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
O'Dell, Darlene. The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven
O'Donohue, John. Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
Obama, Michelle. Becoming
Palmer, Parker. Let Your Life Speak
Plotkin, Bill. Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche
Polo, Marco. The Works of Marco Polo
Quinn, Eric Shaw. The Prince's Psalm
Reho, James Hughes. Tantric Jesus: The Erotic Heart of Early Christianity
Serea Gaia, Anderlini-D'Onofrio, et al. Ecosexuality: When Nature Inspires the Arts of Love
Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle
Solnit, Rebecca. A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre. The Phenomenon of Man
Vanstone, W. H. The Stature of Waiting
Vitale, Joe, et al. Zero Limits
Wallis, Christopher. Tantra Iluminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition
Wilber, Ken. A Brief History of Everything: Revised Edition
Wilber, Ken. Sex, Ecology, Spirituality: The Spirit of Evolution
Wright, Robert. The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are

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