How Then Shall We Live?

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

These are troubling times. More than ever, we need to ask, "How shall we live?" THE BEATITUDES Embraced by grace are the soft-hearted, for heaven will find it easier to break into them. Embraced by grace are the broken-hearted, for crushed Read more [...]

Sister Mahala and the Storefront Sign

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Sister Mahala once told this story to a group of grade school students: Two boys were walking down Main Street in Anywhere, USA. When they came to the General Store, the owner stood in the doorway leaning against the doorjamb. To the store owner's Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on the Truth of the Matter

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

How Brother Weeps Says Goodbye

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Learning to Deal with Death

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Friday of the Third Week of Easter Today's Life-Line is: Easter? We focus more on dying than on death. How we deal with dying is more important to us than how we conquer death. [...] Learning to deal with dying, however, does not yet mean we Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on the Withness of God

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Brother Weeps taught that the gospel of Jesus is not so much that God comes to save us, but that God saves us by coming to us and by being with us as one of us. ~ Dan Miller. All Rights Reserved. © 2019. COMMENTARY: For those of us who come Read more [...]

Prayer as Practicing Descent

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A time of global and cultural descent calls for a spirituality of humility, substance, depth, and wisdom if as a species we hope not merely to survive but to learn something fundamentally profound and life-changing at the level of soul. Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 7 ~ Earth Day Poem

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places. ~ Wendell Berry There are three aspects of nature which command humankind's attention: power, loveliness, grandeur. Power we exploit, loveliness we enjoy, grandeur Read more [...]

On Prayer: The Lost Art of Kneeling

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Here is another reflection from 2010 on prayer called "A Kneeler in Training." To read it, CLICK HERE. Read more [...]

On Prayer as Returning Home

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

I'm still hanging out in the archives. Here's a reflection from 2010 about prayer called "Remembering Where We Come From." To read it, CLICK HERE. Read more [...]

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