Life-Line

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: [Americans] live by the grace of an unacknowledged inheritance from a rich godfather. The “civil” in our civilization was created by generations whose religious institutions taught them that the golden rule and the inalienable Read more [...]

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Posted on December 3, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is" TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this Read more [...]

What Goes Around Comes Around and Goes Around . . .

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

"No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night." ~ Elie Wiesel "Thanking is a true understanding of who we really are." ~ Julian of Norwich The opposite of take is give. The opposite of to take for granted is Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 11/13/18

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

"Stories give coherence to the confusion of our experience." ~ Karen Armstrong THE SEED OF COMPASSION “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. . . This is the interrelated structure of reality.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. There Read more [...]

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Posted on November 5, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

O God, full of compassion, Who dwells on high, grant true rest upon the wings of the Shechinah↑, in the exalted spheres of the holy and pure, who shine as the resplendence of the firmament, to the souls of the eleven slain members of Tree of Life Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 10/30/18

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s health was diminishing. He grew more forgetful and frail each day. His hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, his balance was unreliable, and Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is -- a song called "Basic Human Needs" by one of my favorite human beings: Hugh Romney, more commonly known as Wavy Gravy. This is a great version recently released by one of the first all-female rock bands, The Ace of Cups on Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 9/25/18

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

I have used the story below in a variety of settings and contexts since 1999 when I first read it in the Jesuit Review America Magazine. It is based on a real life experience and, as it turns out, is a contemporary rendering of a very old, and very Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 9/11/18

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

NOTE WELL: The following essay by the late Brian Doyle is considered by many to be the most moving piece of writing about 9/11. That being said, it may be upsetting for some readers. Kyrie eleison. LEAP A couple leaped from the south tower, hand Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Jesus in his solidarity with the marginal ones is moved to compassion. Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal Read more [...]

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