About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

Sister Mahala ~ A Call, Charism, or Cup of Tea?

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A group of teenagers, young adults, and chaperones returned from a church mission trip to an impoverished American inner-city. Sitting in a circle, they took turns discussing the past week’s experience of service together. The question was posed Read more [...]

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today, we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The ecumenical community has chosen Jubilee for this year's theme. Unbeknownst to many, Pope Francis officially put this day on the Catholic liturgical calendar in 2019. Begun in Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 8

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

We read Lectio under the eye of God Meditatio until the heart is touched Oratio and leaps into flame. Contemplatio ~ Dom Marmion* A Blessing Just Read more [...]

The Marriage of Justice & Love

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love. ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read more [...]

Brother Weeps and the Man in the Back

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

One evening Brother Weeps had been invited to speak at an interfaith gathering. The talk was held in a large room on the second floor of the town library. During his talk a man near the back became noticeably agitated: sighing heavily, saying things under Read more [...]

Sometimes All We Can Do Is Bow

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

There is nothing more whole than a broken heart. ~ Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk Mother Teresa, the Albanian nun who took into her heart and home the destitute and dying in Calcutta, popularized for many Christians the Indian greeting “Namaste” Read more [...]

Living Faithfully in the Tension

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-line is: [A]s the great French writer Albert Camus once suggested, there is in the world beauty, and there are the humiliated, and we must strive, hard as it is, not to be unfaithful either to the one or to the other. ~William Sloan Read more [...]

Brother Weeps Speaks of the Soul

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

One day Brother Weeps was teaching when he said, "The life of the soul is counterintuitive, certainly countercultural. The soul is meant for wise divesting." "What does that mean?" said a young man. "I don't understand." "There is no greater Read more [...]

That All-Surrounding Embrace

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

The Avowal As swimmers dare to lie face to the sky and water bears them, as hawks rest upon air and air sustains them, so would I learn to attain freefall, and float into Creator Spirit’s deep embrace, knowing no effort earns that all-surrounding Read more [...]

A Prayer, a Vision, a Call

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

O Divine Spirit! During the weeks and months ahead, stir our hearts and minds that we might fight for a vision that is worthy of you and your call to honor the dignity of all of your creation. A vision of who we are as a people, grounded in Read more [...]

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