About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

WHEN Will We Ever Learn? A Lament for When Mothers Are Sending Their Children to School with Their Blood Type Pinned to Their Sweaters

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

WHEN will we learn the lesson Chief Sealth taught that the earth does not belong to us but we belong to the earth? Kyrie eleison WHEN will we come to know that we are a part of the earth not apart from the earth and understand that—as the Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on Fake Flowers

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Isaiah 40:8 At Holy Mess & Mystery Monastery, two novices each week are responsible for making sure there are fresh flowers in all the vases in the church: Read more [...]

St. PADDY’ S DAY LAUGH

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

THIS TRINITY THING 101 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KQLfgaUoQCw&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2KU4tyrxyFZlxtXZ-lkGqXRCOTZe4G_-wSYFOJQT_98mQz3ep8DSCUMZI NOW YOU UNDERSTAND? Read more [...]

Second Sunday of Lent ~ The Transfiguration

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

TODAY is the Feast of the Transfiguration. A week ago we read the story of Jesus' vision fast when he confronted the satan in the desert in preparation for his three years of ministry. It was a window into the humanity of Jesus. This week we have an icon Read more [...]

A Song for Troublesome Times featuring JT

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

TODAY is a special day!!! It is James Taylor's birthday. JT has been the soundtrack for most of my life. Below is one of my favorite songs titled "Grace" from Jonathan Elias' PRAYER CYCLE that features James Taylor. In these troublesome days when the Read more [...]

The Assumption of Spirituality ~ A Life-Line

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The assumption of spirituality is that always God is doing something before I know it. So the task is not to get God to do something I think needs to be done but to become aware of what God is doing so that I can respond to it Read more [...]

With All Due Disrespect, Tucker Carlson

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

It is Lent. Perhaps it was as a subconscious penance that I found my way to recent clips from the FOX News Channel’s flagship primetime cable "news" program hosted by Tucker Carlson (née Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson). I must confess, I'll take ten Read more [...]

First Sunday of Lent

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. In today's first Read more [...]

SUGGESTION QUESTIONS: Food for Thought and Action

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

FOR FRIDAYS IN LENT After her talk, Sister Mahala asked: "If your life were a house and the house was on fire, and you had thirty-seconds to run into the house to retrieve and save three human qualities for yourself, what would we see you carry out Read more [...]

The Ridiculous Love of God

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

What good is it to believe in a merciful, forgiving God if we are not able or willing to forgive ourselves? Sister Helen Prejean who has given years of her life to accompanying inmates on death row—some who have committed atrocious crimes—reminds Read more [...]

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