About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

A Winter Solstice Prayer

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

The dark shadow of space leans over us. . . . . We are mindful that the darkness of greed, exploitation, and hatred also lengthens its shadow over our small planet Earth. As our ancestors feared Read more [...]

Gratefulness: Practicing the Difficult Simple

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

I have long maintained that from among the plethora of words within the 16 documents from the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church (1962-65), perhaps the most important words were four that are found in the first chapter of the Constitution Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Joy is an act of resistance against the tyranny of cynicism, callousness, injustice, and despair. ~ Dan Miller Read more [...]

Advent Prayer III

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Together we wait in Joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ. To pray and reflect on Advent Prayer III, click here Read more [...]

Advent Poem

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

HOW LONG WE WAIT How long we wait, with minds as quiet as time, Like sentries on a tower. How long we watch, by night, like the astronomers. Heaven, when will we hear you sing, Arising from our grassy hills, And say: “The dark is done, Read more [...]

5th Anniversary of Sandy Hook Tragedy

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

TODAY is the 5th Anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings in Newton, Connecticut. 20-grade schoolers aged 6 and 7 and six adult staff members at the school were killed. Let us not grow complacent or used to such human-instigated tragedies. Let us remember Read more [...]

Tuesday Advent Meditation

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Although Mary’s labor was a singularly physical and eternally unmatched act, it’s meaning is most fully and faithfully experienced only if we understand it as a commission for us to do the same. Put simply, in order for God to be manifest on Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: A homie named Cruz spent his last dollars taking a Metrolink train sixty miles to Los Angeles from San Bernadino, where he had relocated his lady and newborn to avoid the dangers and desperation of his previous gang life. He had Read more [...]

Advent Prayer II

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Advent Blessings, Friends. To pray and reflect on Advent Prayer II, click here. Read more [...]

Advent Reflection

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

During this season of Advent we dare to move beyond the reach of human reason, to dream of the radical nature of the peaceable kingdom for which we all yearn and which is symbolized in the shocking and evocative biblical image of the wolf lying down with Read more [...]

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Author Archives: Daniel J. Miller

About Daniel J. Miller

A Winter Solstice Prayer

Gratefulness: Practicing the Difficult Simple

Life-Line

Advent Prayer III

Advent Poem

5th Anniversary of Sandy Hook Tragedy

Tuesday Advent Meditation

Life-Line

Advent Prayer II

Advent Reflection