About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

ADVENT—ure No. 2 (2022)

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Be still and know that I am God. ~ Psalm 46:10 Advent: the time to listen for footsteps – you can’t hear footsteps when you’re running yourself. ~ Bill McKibben It is the nature of each and all metaphors to work and not work. When we said Read more [...]

ADVENT—ure No. 1 (2022)

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The moment is sovereign. The instant supreme. Two things to keep in mind and heart. Two things to re-member yourself to: One: Don't just be here. Be present here. Two: Be present and Stay out of the way. ~djmiller, tuesday, the first week Read more [...]

A Prayer of the Heart

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

You, for whom we have so many names, You, for whom no name will do, help us learn to live into the name that you have stitched on the inside of our heart, the name that only you know and whisper to us like a lover in the night. Open the ears Read more [...]

We Are Tethered / Spirit is Free / What Spirit Is / We Can Be

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

One of the best pieces of advice that I can give to preachers is to preach as if YOU were sitting in the front pew. That simple counsel is meant to prevent preaching from getting preachy. It reminds the homilist that he or she is not up there preaching Read more [...]

Another Name for Grace—Gravy

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

As the tall story laid out horizontally goes, the prophet Abraham lived until the over-ripe age of one hundred and seventy-five. Heck, he didn't even start a family until he was ninety-nine (and they call Gretzky "The Great One." Ha!). We thought his Read more [...]

When the Heart Breaks

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

There are three kinds of heartbreak. The first is when the heart is broken open by the enchantment, grandeur, and mystery of all reality. The second is when the heart is broken open by the unjust, tragic, or unbearably sorrowful experiences of living; Read more [...]

Four for St. Francis ~ October 4th

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today is the Feast of the little poor man from Assisi who was a counter-sign in numerous ways to the dominant culture of his day and no less so for our time. Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Mother Earth, who feeds us and rules us, and produces Read more [...]

From Complacency to Courage

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

As the world knows, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, was detained this past week in Tehran, Iran by the "morality police" for allegedly wearing her hijab too loosely in violation of strictures demanding women in public wear the Islamic headscarves. Read more [...]

Do as the Flowers Do

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

All of us, gazing with unveiled face on the glory of the Holy One, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Holy One who is the Spirit. 2 Cor. 3:18 Years ago, when I worked at The Center for Spiritual Development Read more [...]

Frederick Buechner ~ (1926 – 2022) R.I.P.

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last Read more [...]

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