Three Gates, The Donald, and How the Sap Rises

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

A sage once said--- some insist it was Buddha, some say Rumi, others Beth Day or Mary Ann Pietzker or the Quakers or Sai Baba or Eleanor Roosevelt or their grandmother. It doesn’t much matter who--- that Before you speak, your words must pass through Read more [...]

The Touch of Love — It Is Everything

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi (The Body of Christ). I have spoken and written a fair amount over the years about the Eucharist. My article “Listening to the Wind in the Wheat” says much though not all of what I believe is important about the Read more [...]

God — The Beloved Community

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

This past Sunday was the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Before we get too far removed from it, I’d like to offer a few reflections on this central mystery of our faith. When it comes to the Trinitarian nature of God, some Christians grew up with Read more [...]

Puddle Don’t Piddle

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

It rained yesterday and the night before. This is news in southern California. Suddenly the world seemed “mud-luscious” and “puddle wonderful.” With perfect synchronicity, a friend from the perennially precipitating Northwest posted Read more [...]

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

When my children were young, even back-seat-in-my-rear-view-mirror young, I used to derive a certain covert and droll pleasure from talking to them about various theological topics or spiritual issues as if they were my colleagues. Partially out of a Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion is to look out to the world. Yours are the feet with which Christ is to go about Read more [...]

Practicing Resurrection

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Hey Goodpeople— Since Easter is a season not a day, here is a 2009 reflection on one aspect of Practicing Resurrection: http://www.thesacredbraid.com/2009/12/03/simplcity-helps-us-see-the-essential/ Here’s to eastering, Dan Read more [...]

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

My brother is a teacher. Recently he overheard a 2nd grader say to a classmate, “When I was younger, I thought Jesus was the King of the juice.” That either suggests why so many of my red-faced ancestors were drunks offers a Christian Read more [...]

Can the Word Christian Be Saved?

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Continued from (March 3: A Word to the Wise – Christening) A college friend of mine had a particular repetitive fondness for the jocular quip, “You and I have a strange and wonderful relationship (dramatic pause): You’re kind of strange and I’m Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Speaking with a friend about death and the reality of God artist Richard Caemmerer said, "I choose to live my life as if there is a God and to find out there isn’t rather than to live my life thinking there isn’t and die to Read more [...]

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Three Gates, The Donald, and How the Sap Rises

The Touch of Love — It Is Everything

God — The Beloved Community

Puddle Don’t Piddle

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Life-Line

Practicing Resurrection

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Can the Word Christian Be Saved?

Life-Line