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ISBN-13: | 9781498289559 |
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Publisher: | Resource Publications |
Publication date: | 05/23/2016 |
Pages: | 242 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface xi
Stage I Formative Years (1941-1963)
Earliest Memory 3
The Bright-Eyed Boy 6
No! 8
Mom and Dad 11
Walking with Roy 14
Lipton Tea with Rose 17
Alpha Baptist Church 21
The Childhood Door 23
Baptism 25
Decision 28
Sports, Sports, Sports 31
Never Before 33
Missed Free throws 35
On First Meeting Eliot and Buber 39
Setting Forth 42
Stage II Leaving Home (1963-1974)
Andover Newton 47
"The Travesty" 51
Yale's Unexpected Calling 54
First Class: First Day 56
Finding Out 59
"I'd Like to Get to Know You" 62
Temple University Professors 64
Phillips' "Let That Dilemma Be Your Way" 66
DeMartino's "True Self is Awakening Awakening to Itself" 69
Friedman's "All Real Living is Dialogic Encounter" 71
Fidelity to the Task 73
Baptist to Buddhist 76
The Materializing Guru 78
Loneliness 82
The Forbidden Kiss 86
The Gypsy Lady 89
Leila Ann 92
Stage III Traveling West (1974-2000)
Santa Cruz 97
Yvonne Rose 102
SJSU 105
"The Castilian Rose" 108
"You No Longer Need to Sit" 110
Holy Trinity Brothers 113
October 11th 117
Separation and Divorce 121
In Each Other's Hearts 124
Halfway Between University and Church 126
From Crayons to Perfume 128
The Faces of MS 132
"I" Exam 135
"Jesus, as a Jew, Would Never Have Said That" 138
The Divine Comedian 140
The Right Question for the Wrong Person 142
Teaching on the Narrow Ridge 144
The Limits of Dialogue 148
"The Search Will Make You Free" 150
What's Missing? 152
Bowing Deeply 155
Dialogic Awakening 157
Dad's Death 160
Mom's Death 164
An Anonymous Student 167
Stage IV Retiring (2000-…)
Retirements 173
Risking Enchantment 175
A Large Cup of Java 177
Sacramental Existence 178
Still Swimming at Sixty-Five 182
Twin Lakes Prayers 184
Tuesdays with Todd 186
Ever-Narrowing Confines 191
The Turn Not Taken 195
Weddings 196
A Day in the Life at Seventy-Three 199
Dark Moments 202
The Rhythm of Sitting Here 204
No More Needs to Be Said 206
Trust with a Capital 209
My Brother 211
"I Carry Your Heart" 213
Cyberknifing 216
Growing Up 219
The Great Light 222
Acknowledgments 225
About the Author 229
What People are Saying About This
"In this moving and inspiring memoir, Kenneth Kramer presents us with his remarkable spiritual journey. The work is beautifully written as letters to his daughters, which illustrates the overwhelming and unconditional love between them. In spite of his lifelong struggle with MS, Kramer continues to 'bow before the universe with profound gratitude for its overwhelming generosity.'"
Harold Kasimow, Author, Interfaith Activism: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Religious Diversity; George Drake Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus, Grinnell College.
"Whether you sit with this book at a cafe or your kitchen table, you hold an intimate, honest, and passionate love story told by an amazing teacher, seeker, and scholar. [The book] takes the reader into the most honest, humorous, heartbreaking reality. Kramer can't help but be a teacher, and what he teaches is the power of genuine conversation. You will most definitely have one with him as you read it."
Ziggy Rendler-Bregman, Author, The Gate of Our Coming and Going
"The letter format was an inspired choice: each one is a parable that works more tellingly than any continuous narrative would have. They all have a clear point, conveying a wide range of feelings and gracefully linking the particular with the universal."
RD Bolam, Certified Hakomi Therapist
"As I read over this remarkable life story in the form of letters to his daughters, I recall a passage from the poet Yeats, that we praise the soldier who returns victorious from the trenches, but rarely do we praise the person who goes deeply within himself and emerges victorious. I am convinced [Kramer] has emerged victorious."
Robert C. Morgan, Author, The End of the Art World