MORGAN'S MOMENT “Keep it short, dad…         there's an eclipse tonight.” Yes…        I knew there would be an eclipse        about in the middle of my talk. My words about the mystical        would be illustrated        from the dark moon in the sky. We needed an Oregon miracle        to even see the moon        on a winter's night. My daughters and grandchildren        and others gathered there        hoped for the miracle of my brevity. Both miracles occurred…        I was surprisingly brief        and clouds parted for the moon. And our group went out to gaze        as humans have done for ages        at a mysteriously darkened moon. Awesome to think of the earth        perfectly positioned        to cast it's shadow on the moon. Awesome as well to think of clouds        not blocking our view        and me not preventing the viewing. We can be thankful that most of the time        our earth does not block the sun        from shining it's light on the moon. Blessed be all creatures and things        that get out of the way        to let the light shine through.    - Art Morgan

MOMENT MINISTRIES Jan. 24, 2000 25921 SW Airport Ave.   Corvallis, OR 97333   541-753-3942 email at  a-morgan@peak.org REPORT FROM OUR 22nd ANNUAL MEET A great potluck meal was followed by music, a business meeting of 1 minute and 27 seconds. For entertainment we enjoyed a total eclipse of the moon. Officers and Directors were elected as follows:             Art Morgan, Minister-President             Paul Pritchard, Vice-President             Linda Fire, Secretary             Mary Pritchard, Treasurer             Bill Gilbert, Webmaster COMING EVENTS We will be present for two important February events. The first is the annual meeting of the Northwest Association for Theological Discussion meeting from February 1-3.  Art will present a paper called: “G Hayden Stewart, The Life and Thought of a Modern Mystic.” The second big event is the God at 2000 event at Oregon State University.  Proceedings will be linked via satellite TV across North America. Lecturers will address the subject: “How I See God/The Sacred.”  Speakers include Karen Armstrong, Diana Eck, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Joan Chittister, Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Marcus Borg. WEB PAGE REPORT Bill Gilbert is continually up-dating our page. Most recent additions include photos of Emma’s New Year's Eve baptism, this blue sheet, and an article called “On Being the Deferential Spouse.”

JANE GOODALL Goodall is the lady who spent all those years studying chimpanzees. She has been in Africa for most of her adult life. Like most who pay attention to the natural world she is dismayed by the destruction of the forests, erosion of the soil and loss of habitat for fish and animals and other forms of life. She is a spiritual lady, believing that in some way, humans are connected to the source of life. She talks about  the unique importance of our right brain, the center of feelings of awe, wonder and mystery. She says:              “How sad it would be, I thought, if we humans ultimately were to lose all sense of mystery, all sense of               awe. If our left brains were utterly to dominate the right so that logic and reason triumphed over intuition               and alienated us absolutely from our innermost being, from our hearts, our souls.” (Jane Goodall, Reason For Hope – A Spiritual Journey, p. 177)

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JEAN’S 1999 READING OK, OK, already! I’ll pause in my outpourings of personal wisdom to make room for the annual list of Jean’s books that so many request. I'm supposed to tell you that this is only a partial list. I must also confess that I've only read read one book on her list, although I've heard reports on some of them. She wants it understood that she doesn't read from my list either. The * indicates that she read other books by the same author that are not listed.  Here goes: Daily Books, with Morning Pages:      Deepak Chopra – Creating Affluence (5th year)      Sarah Ban Breathnach – Simple Abundance (3rd year)      Melody Beattie – Journey to the Heart (3rd year) General Miscellaneous      Laurie Colwin – Home Cooking – More Home Cooking      H. Leighton Steward – Sugar Busters      Mary Engelbreit  - The Art and the Artist       Dr. Atkins – The New Diet Revolution      Karen Kingston – Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui         "               "       -  Creating Sacred Space with Feng Shui      Julie Morgenstern – Organizing From the Inside Out      Michelle Passoff – Lighten Up      Starr Ockenga – Earth on Her Hands – The American Woman in Her Garden      Jane Goodall – Reason For Hope      Nina Simonds - A Spoonful of Ginger           "          "        - China Express      Chris Casson Madden - A Room of Her Own: Women’s personal spaces      Miss Read – Winter in Thrush Green                         -  Farther Afield                         - Village Diary, and a bunch more of the Miss Read series      Katie Fforde – The Rose Revived                              – Wild Designs                              – Stately Pursuits Mysteries      Agatha Christie – Black Coffee*       Michael Lewin – Family Business       Susan Holtzer – Something to Kill For*       Patricia Tichener – Fowl Play       Rita Mae Brown – Murder on the Prowl       Lillian Braun – The Cat Who Saw Stars*       Leslie O’Kane – Death and Faxes*       Linda French – Coffee to Die For       Peter King – Dying on the Vine       Laurien Berenson – Watchdog       Susan Albert – Chili Death       Charlotte MacLeod – The Balloon Man       Jean Hager – The Last Noel       Marie Lee – The Curious Cape Cod Skull*       Sara Frommer – The Vanishing Violinist       Gar A. Haywood – Bad News Travels Fast       Dorothy Gillman – Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax*      Hazel Holt – Mrs. Malory and the Only Good Lawyer      HRF Keating – The Body In the Billiard Room      J.S. Borthwick – My Body Lies Over the Ocean      Janet Laurence –  A Deepe Coffyn                                  - A Tasty Way to Die*      Elizabeth Peters – Crocodile on the Sandbank      Emma Lathen – Pick Up Sticks      Roy Lewis – A Wisp of Smoke      Virginia Rich – The Nantucket Diet Murders      Ann Morice – Death & The Dutiful Daughter      Gillian Roberts – With Friends Like These      Diane Petit – Third Time Lucky*      Lora Roberts – Murder Mile High*      Charlotte Elkins – Rotten Lies*      Jo Dereske – Final Notice      M.C. Beaton – A Highland Christmas      Catherine Aird – Stiff News      Earlene Fowler – Fools Puzzle      Corinne Holt – Ho Ho Homicide      Sheila Simonson – Skylark      Ngaio Marsh – Enter a Murderer