From Complacency to Courage

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

As the world knows, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, was detained this past week in Tehran, Iran by the "morality police" for allegedly wearing her hijab too loosely in violation of strictures demanding women in public wear the Islamic headscarves. Read more [...]

THE DREAM TEAM: My Starting Five ~ 4. Compassion

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Suppose your spiritual life was a basketball team. Who would be your starting five? Remember this: All suffering comes to an end. And whatever you suffer authentically, God has suffered it first. ~ Meister Eckhart The love of our neighbor in all Read more [...]

Grand Standing ~ A Life-Line

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are Read more [...]

A Feather Weightier than the Daily Bombs

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

I haven't posted much of late as I'm busy writing other things. But I came across this by accident and it moved me. So, I thought I'd pass it on, in case you haven't seen it. Sometimes we find the best things in really strange places. Like on American Read more [...]

We Must Always Take Sides: A Life-Line

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ~ Read more [...]

A Prayer: Harvest of the Heart

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

AUTUMN We give thanks for the harvest of the heart's work; Seeds of faith planted with faith; Love nurtured by love; Courage strengthened by courage. We give thanks for the fruits of the struggling soul, The bitter and the sweet; For that Read more [...]

Racism & Justice ~ Life-Lines

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-LineS: Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. ~ The prophet Amos 5:24 Race prejudice, a universal human ailment, is the most recalcitrant aspect of the evil in man. ~ Reinhold Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 6

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

In light of Mary Oliver's death on January 17, let us honor her life and savor her words The Journey One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice-- though the whole house began Read more [...]

Life-Line

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 [...]

The Gift Who Was Claire Wineland

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

I do these talks to make a point that you can have a painful life, you can suffer, you can experience what it's like to feel like a human being -- all those messy and gross emotions -- and yet you can make a life for yourself that you are very, very Read more [...]

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