The Audacity of Hope

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Daniel J. Miller

Contrary to the gloom and doom atmosphere that sometimes is assumed to be the proper mood of this season, the word Lent comes from the word meaning to lengthen and refers to the coming of springtime, the coming of more and more daylight. Admittedly, it Read more [...]

Maybe the Emptiness

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

Lent is to Easter what Advent is to Christmas: the tomb of death becomes the womb of life just as the darkness holds the unseen light. During Advent we hear from Isaiah (and it is echoed in Matthew) “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Read more [...]

Good Friday: Daring to Let the Darkness Speak

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the Soul divine; Under every grief and pine Runs a joy with silken twines. From “Auguries of Innocence” ~ William Blake “But the thing is, you know you can’t have like a light Read more [...]

Celebrate Responsibly: Longing for the Light

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness--- on them light has shined. ~ Isaiah 9: 2b, NRSV Wendell Berry writes, “To know the dark with a light is to know the light. / To know the Read more [...]

Daring the Descent

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

When we talk about the path of descent it is important to realize that descent is not always traumatic, automatically full of terror, or necessarily negative. At the risk of stating the obvious, what descent is meant to convey is going down into the depths Read more [...]

Prayer and Descent

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

As we make the transition from practicing prayer to practicing descent, I wanted to reiterate something I said on Sunday about prayer that is kin to the journey downward, whether as intentional spiritual practice or as the unsolicited gravity of life. I Read more [...]

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