Happy Meal or Risky Meal?

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Much as Baptism has lost almost all of its original sense of danger and risk evoked by references to drowning and the baptismal font being shaped like a coffin, womb, or cross, so too in many Christian communities the celebration of the Eucharist has Read more [...]

A Blessed Creation Day

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

A Blessed Creation Day to you. One of my favorite scripture passages is Acts 17: 28 where it affirms that it is in God that “we live and move and have our being.” Today is a great day to remember not only that the resplendent universe is a Read more [...]

Asking Permission to “Be” Once Again

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

I have been reading Matthew Fox’s new book A Way to God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality Journey courtesy of a long-time member of The Human & the Holy spiritual formation community. Merton, one of the most important spiritual writers Read more [...]

Triduum Triptych – Panel 3

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

The short reflections for each of the three days of Triduum were published as one piece in Spirituality Mar/Apr 2012; No. 101 under the title “The Paschal Mystery.” Easter Easter comes. Into all of creation groaning for God’s salvation, Easter Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Silence

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Silence [sahy-luh ns] I’ve been listening to the audio version of Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise. I’m also watching too many Presidential Primary debates. As a result -- This week’s word is silence.[1] It Read more [...]

Humanity’s Yes to Creation

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

The prophets and preachers of the new cosmology like the late Father Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme, Sister Miriam MacGillis of Genesis Farm, Diarmuid O’Murchu, and John Philip Newell to name just some, have highlighted how anthropocentric is Read more [...]

The Extravagance of God’s Love

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

The incarnation is not only salvific but revelatory. What among the many things God reveals by becoming human is that daily living itself is holy, making the particularity of my life and your life dignified, significant, and sacred. By becoming human, Read more [...]

Tzimtzum: The First Folly of God

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Whatever your personal cosmogony, the Jewish-Christian scriptures place great emphasis on the idea of creation. Literate Jews, Catholics, and main-line Protestants have little time or patience for the repartee between rigid fundamentalist Christians and Read more [...]

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