About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

Sister Mahala Sets the Novice Straight

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Sister Mahala went to visit a young sister who refused to leave her cell. “Hello Sister,” said Amma Mahala. “We have missed you lately at meals, work time, and community prayer. Is everything alright? Are you ill?” “I’m fine Amma. I am Read more [...]

Avoiding the Temptation of Spiritual Bypass

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

It seemed to me this morning--- that with 170,000 deaths (in the USA alone) into the COVID calamity, with many persons dying without the comfort and nearness of loved ones, with truncated funerals or graveside services that add more sadness to the already Read more [...]

Patience . . . or Maybe Not

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Patience, a quality of holiness, may be sloth in the soul when associated with the lack of righteous indignation. ~ Abraham Heschel Read more [...]

The Sense of Wonder

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against Read more [...]

Sister Mahala Begs the Question without Asking It

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Sister Mahala was asked to help settle an argument among friends about how to respond to panhandlers. Give or Don't Give? They wanted to know who was right and who was wrong. Knowing the bottom line in these encounters was not the bottom line, like most Read more [...]

No Dress Rehearsal, This is Our Life

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Practice is where intention and action meet. ~ Author Unknown If we're faithful to our practice, our practice will be faithful to us. ~ James Finley One should hallow all that one does in one's natural life. One eats in holiness, tastes the Read more [...]

Brother Weeps Witnesses a Miracle

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A student asked, “Brother, have you ever seen someone perform a miracle?” “I have, said Brother Weeps. The student’s eyes opened wide. “You have? Was it seeing someone walk on water or a healer straighten a woman’s crooked leg---” “or Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on Life as Preparation for the Great Giveaway

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

The text was the Gospel of John, chapter 12, verse 24. The words were those of Jesus. A foreshadowing of his fate. His fate not being some final, static state, feeble as nothing and dead as a cross nail, but transformed, alive, vivacious, and bearing Read more [...]

How Then Shall We Live?

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

These are troubling times. More than ever, we need to ask, "How shall we live?" THE BEATITUDES Embraced by grace are the soft-hearted, for heaven will find it easier to break into them. Embraced by grace are the broken-hearted, for crushed Read more [...]

John Lewis, February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020, R.I.P.

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I Read more [...]

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