Frederick Buechner ~ (1926 – 2022) R.I.P.

Posted on August 16, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last Read more [...]

THE DREAM TEAM: My Starting Five ~ 5. Joy

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Suppose your spiritual life was a basketball team. Who would be your starting five? CLICK on any of the five below. 1. LOVE 2. WONDER 3. GRATEFULNESS 4. COMPASSION 5. JOY There is only one real blasphemy: the refusal of joy. ~ Paul Rudnick Your Read more [...]

The Grace of God ~ A Life-Line

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you. ~ Frederick Buechner ♣ ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Read more [...]

Easter 2020 – Two by Buechner

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Lines are: “Remember Jesus of Nazareth, staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection, bearing on his body the proud insignia of the defeat which is victory, the magnificent defeat of the human soul at the hands of Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Maybe more than anything else, to be a saint is to know joy. Not happiness that comes and goes with the moments that occasion it, but joy that is always there like an underground spring no matter how dark and terrible the night. Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the hidden and holy heart of it because in the Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: We learn to praise God not by paying compliments, but by paying attention. Watch how the trees exult when the wind is in them. Mark the utter stillness of the great blue heron in the swamp. Listen to the sound of the rain. Learn Read more [...]

Words Spoken, Lessons Learned

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A few days ago I discovered a box in the garage that contained a red three-ring binder. It contained five of the first homilies I ever preached. I offered them at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, a small parish in a small town that billed itself as the Gateway Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last Read more [...]

Delighting in the Nod of God

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Listening to the Excitement (continued) I don't know Who -- or what -- put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone --or Something --and from that hour I was certain that Read more [...]

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Tag Archives: Frederick Buechner

Frederick Buechner ~ (1926 – 2022) R.I.P.

THE DREAM TEAM: My Starting Five ~ 5. Joy

The Grace of God ~ A Life-Line

Easter 2020 – Two by Buechner

Life-Line

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Life-Line

Words Spoken, Lessons Learned

Life-Line

Delighting in the Nod of God