And the Miracle is ~ A Life-Line

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Our true home is in the present moment. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Read more [...]

Appreciating the Precious Particularity

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

{continued from Jan 12, 2013} When we practice the presence of God as Brother Lawrence advises, what are we called to be present to? Well, to everything and to everyone. I should say to each thing and to each one in its own unique, precious particularity. Read more [...]

The Joy in Meaningful Differences

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

Practicing the Presence (continued) And what are we called to be present to? Well, to everything and to everyone. I should say to each thing and to each one in its own unique, precious particularity. The poet David Ignatow describes the importance Read more [...]

Practicing the Presence of God

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

Before you can love a person you have to start with simpler things and gradually build up your skill --- start with a rock, a cloud, a tree. ~ Carson McCullers Brother Lawrence, the unassuming but now memorable Carmelite monk of the 17th century Read more [...]

The Little Moment

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's wisdom comes from the poet Gwendolyn Brooks: Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical disguise. There is no more important spiritual practice than the conscious consecration Read more [...]

Holy Foolishness: Taking an Interest in the Not Me

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Yesterday I suggested the primary folly was the folly of God as revealed in the original creative act. As an action of freedom, it was oriented toward and done on behalf of the other. I also proposed that, for Christians, Jesus is the embodiment of this Read more [...]

Spiritual Surrogacy: Your Presence is Required

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Daniel J. Miller

One of the paradoxical ways that God calls us into being is by inviting us to create a space within ourselves to be, like Mary, a Theotokos. In the Orthodox tradition Mary is especially exalted as Theotokos, that is, God-bearer. In a church, let alone Read more [...]

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