About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

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 [...]

Ash Wednesday 2022

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today is Ash Wednesday. In some communities the lines will be out the door and around the block as if people were in line for a Springsteen concert. I suspect the mood is a bit different in these two lines. And it is right and just that it is so. While Read more [...]

This I Believe by Paul Farmer M.D. (1959 – 2022)

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

It is not hyperbole to say that throughout the world people are mourning the death of Dr. Paul Farmer—physician, anthropologist, humanitarian. Co-founder of Partners in Health, Dr. Farmer gave forty years of his life to drawing attention to the gross Read more [...]

Paul Farmer: What a Christian Looks Like

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

In 2016, I wrote an article for the Irish journal Spirituality titled "What a Christian Looks Like." It was a tribute to the Jesuit priest, poet, activist Daniel Berrigan (If you are interested, it can be found here). Below is the link for a good article Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on Becoming Whole not Perfect

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

One day Brother Weeps was talking about wholeness and holiness, emphasizing that neither has anything to do with perfection. "Perfection, or the preoccupation with it," he said, "which we call perfectionism, is the nemesis of holiness and a misguided Read more [...]

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926—2022) ~ R.I.P.

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue Read more [...]

Our Cause for Concern

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Among the many lessons the American citizenry should have learned from the daily dishonorable behavior of former President Donald Trump is that leadership that lacks invited pushback, contrary ideas, and different viewpoints is doomed to move toward totalitarian Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on What His Heart Teaches

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Brother Weeps often passed on words to this effect: Today, most people want the instantaneous. My heart whispers 'give yourself to the instant.' So many these days are chasing after the momentous. My heart teaches 'learn to be still enough to be Read more [...]

It All Depends on What We Do with the Unless

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

I've never been much invested in New Year's Eve, New Year's Day (except for the years when I watched the Bowl games), or the practice of making New Year's resolutions. I've synced my psyche these last four-plus decades more to the liturgical calendar Read more [...]

Show Me Something Unbeautiful ~ A Life-Line

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: It is dawn. The sun is conquering the sky and my grandmother and I are heaving prayers at the horizon. “Show me something unbeautiful,” she says, “and I will show you the veil over your eyes and take it away. And Read more [...]

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