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 [...]

Life-Line

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I think the dying pray at last not “Please,” but “Thank you,” as a guest thanks a host at the door. ~ Annie Dillard 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 [...]

Facing the Boredom that Hides the Face of Despair and Death

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

◊ Listening to Boredom (continued) If we can’t face death, we’ll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light. ~ Maya Lin Courage is Fear that has said its prayers. ~ Karle Read more [...]

Of Death, Birth, Old Souls, Suffering & Simple Gifts

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

This week marked the thirty-eighth anniversary of my mom's death. My daughter, who never met my mother, was born twenty-six years from the date of her grandmother's death. Since my daughter's birth, this date has always had symbolic significance for me. Read more [...]

The Movement of Lent

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Friday of the 1st Week of Lent YEAR B (Mt. 7:7-12) My professor's spiritual discipline was to consider death in order to more fully appreciate life (See February 29, 2012). The spiritual disciplines of Lent are to the end of waking up to the surprise Read more [...]

Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

The Lenten ashes applied to our foreheads vividly symbolize the essential mystery of our faith: in and through death comes new life. Before the days of recycling, it was an old Italian custom at the end of each winter, to do a thorough spring cleaning, Read more [...]

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Life-Line

Life-Line

Good Friday: Daring to Let the Darkness Speak

Facing the Boredom that Hides the Face of Despair and Death

Of Death, Birth, Old Souls, Suffering & Simple Gifts

The Movement of Lent

Ash Wednesday