TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 9/18/18

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

There is a wonderful old story told of a young king who took over a kingdom. He was loved before he became a king, and his subjects were delighted he was finally crowned. They brought him many different gifts. After the coronation, the new king was Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 8/28/18

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

There is a famous though likely apocryphal story of Ernest Hemingway wagering that he could write a story in six words. As one telling goes, he responded to his disbelieving takers with a six-word story that, indeed, had a beginning, a middle, and Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 8/21/18

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

This story is tucked into an interview with the late American poet Stanley Kunitz. Kunitz has just referred to writing as “an act of transformation, that magical performance.” INTERVIEWER “Frost talks about the poet, or himself rather, as a Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 8/7/18

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Several years ago on the popular television program "The Muppet Show" three of the puppet characters were on a rocket ship hurtling through space. A voice announced over the loudspeaker: "In two minutes we will reach the end of the universe and Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 7/24/18

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

As I posted yesterday, retired Seattle Archbishop Raymond “Dutch” Hunthausen died this past Sunday. He led the Catholic archdiocese of Seattle from 1975 - 1991. From the moment I met him, I found him to be impressive. He was the least power-driven Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 7/10/18

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

You have to understand that the shortest distance between a human being and truth is a story. ~ Anthony de Mello The guru sat in meditation on the riverbank when a disciple bent down to place two enormous pearls at Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 7/3/18

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

The story below reminds me of something the late Gerald May wrote in the Introduction to his book Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth. May begins his book with a confession. "I am no Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/19/18

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Once upon a time some disciples begged their old and ailing master not to die. "But if I do not go, how will you ever see?" the Master said to them. "What is it we can possibly see when you are gone?" one of them asked. With a twinkle in his eye, Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/12/18

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

The story below comes from an eighteenth-century Hebrew book. A young man once wanted to become a blacksmith. So he became an apprentice to a blacksmith, and he learned all the necessary techniques of the trade: how to hold the tongs, how to lift Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/5/18

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Two travelers set out on a pilgrimage from opposite ends of a vast desert. One from the eastern edge heading west and the other from the western edge heading east. One pilgrim set out for a distant town called Happiness that was said to be located Read more [...]

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