Faith and Comedy ~ A Life-Line

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

When I write and teach and give talks on the spiritual life, I always say I am speaking from my Catholic Christian heritage and perspective, but that I take wisdom anywhere I can get it. Today the wisdom comes from late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert. One 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 [...]

Sister Mahala and Brother Weeps’ Most Important Teachers

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A man in his mid-twenties said to Sister Mahala and Brother Weeps, “You have taught us so much these past few years. We are grateful for all that you have opened up for us. The provocative questions you have raised we will carry with us for the Read more [...]

Sister Mahala on One Difference Between Children and Adults

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Holy Saturday Sister Mahala said, “Children are afraid of the dark because they fear someone's there. Adults are afraid of the dark because they fear no one's there.” ~ Dan Miller. All Rights Reserved. © 2020 Read more [...]

We’re All in this Together *

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A LENTEN REFLECTION ~ 26 Today, I offer an image (We Are All in this Together) and a song (Meet Me in the Middle of the Air) in the midst of and in response to a frightening, anxiety-producing, non-discriminating pandemic. Happening in this season of Read more [...]

Lockdown: A Viral Poem for These Virulent Times

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A Lenten Reflection ~ 21 Lockdown by Richard Hendrick (Irish Franciscan) Yes there is fear. Yes there is isolation. Yes there is panic buying. Yes there is sickness. Yes there is even death. But, They say that in Wuhan Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: We would rather be ruined than changed, We would rather die in dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die. ~ W. H. Auden 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 [...]

The Fear of Death

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

◊ Listening to Boredom (continued) "When death comes to find you, may it find you ALIVE." -~ African Proverb The third fear associated with unexcavated boredom is the fear of one’s mortality. Mortality understood not as some abstract dimension of Read more [...]

Self-Exploration: The Gateway to Significant Living

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

◊ Listening to Boredom (continued) It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who we are. We face surprises. And disappointments. The crucial fact is that we are different from anybody we know and admire.... It takes all one's courage to be the Read more [...]

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