About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

Advent: Listening for the Soul’s Task

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

In a world that is increasingly adverse to silence and in a society that is scattered, frenzied, encumbered, cluttered, complex, frenetic, busy, multi-tasking, and consumptive, we need to cultivate silence and simplicity in order to listen deeply for Read more [...]

Bah Hum Bug or the Bishop’s Bug?

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

If I had to run into my home because of the proverbial fire (which sadly is not merely proverbial this week in Southern California) and retrieve the proverbial treasured things that one could escape with without risking one’s life, one of the cherished Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: It is Advent and we are a people, pregnant. Pregnant and waiting. . . . Waiting, because it will always be with us, can be made a work of art, and the season of Advent invites us to underscore and understand with a new patience Read more [...]

Advent Prayer I

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

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

Life-Line

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I am A hole in a flute That the Christ's breath moves through--- Listen to this Music. I am the concert From the mouth of every Creature Singing with the myriad Chords. "A Hole in a Flute" by Hafiz from The Gift: Poems Read more [...]

Bound By Thanks

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. ~ A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself. ~Albert Schweitzer To Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion, then I go out and paint the stars. ~ Vincent Van Gogh Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The Beautiful Changes One wading a Fall meadow finds on all sides The Queen Anne’s Lace lying like lilies On water; it glides So from the walker, it turns Dry grass to a lake, as the slightest shade of you Valleys Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage: Anger at the way things are, And courage to see that they do not remain the way they are. ~ St. Augustine P.S. You may have noticed, as of late, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: We learn to praise God not by paying compliments, but by paying attention. Watch how the trees exult when the wind is in them. Mark the utter stillness of the great blue heron in the swamp. Listen to the sound of the rain. Learn Read more [...]

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Author Archives: Daniel J. Miller

About Daniel J. Miller

Advent: Listening for the Soul’s Task

Bah Hum Bug or the Bishop’s Bug?

Life-Line

Advent Prayer I

Life-Line

Bound By Thanks

Life-Line

Life-Line

Life-Line

Life-Line