Undergoing God

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

[ uhn-der-goh ] undergo — to experience, go through, endure, bear, withstand, sustain, suffer In his book The Shattered Lantern, Ronald Rolheiser asserts that one essential task of contemplation is not to make of God “something to be studied, Read more [...]

A Deal Breaker — A Life-Line

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I really can't say this strongly enough no matter how many people in the Jewish-and-otherwise world I offend by saying this: The question of whether or not you believe in God is important. But the question of what kind of Read more [...]

When Religion Goes off the Rails ~ A Life-Line

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Religion becomes sinful when it begins to advocate the segregation of God, to forget that the true sanctuary has no walls. Religion has always suffered from the tendency to become an end in itself, to seclude the holy, to become Read more [...]

A New Serenity Prayer

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

Hump Wednesday — I saw the Roches in Princeton in the 1980's and loved them—their harmonies, humor, and sass. Terre Roche teams up with Fr. James Martin SJ for a NEW SERENITY PRAYER. Sometimes what is lacking in prayer is a wee bit of levity. We Read more [...]

Rugged Individualists or Mutually Enhancing Participants?

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Not for ourselves alone are we born. ~ Cicero No one becomes human, no one becomes oneself by oneself. None of us become who we have been created by God to be without others. Becoming human, let alone becoming oneself, involves and requires human connection, Read more [...]

ADVENT—ure No. 2 (2022)

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Be still and know that I am God. ~ Psalm 46:10 Advent: the time to listen for footsteps – you can’t hear footsteps when you’re running yourself. ~ Bill McKibben It is the nature of each and all metaphors to work and not work. When we said Read more [...]

A Prayer of the Heart

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

You, for whom we have so many names, You, for whom no name will do, help us learn to live into the name that you have stitched on the inside of our heart, the name that only you know and whisper to us like a lover in the night. Open the ears Read more [...]

Another Name for Grace—Gravy

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

As the tall story laid out horizontally goes, the prophet Abraham lived until the over-ripe age of one hundred and seventy-five. Heck, he didn't even start a family until he was ninety-nine (and they call Gretzky "The Great One." Ha!). We thought his Read more [...]

A Word About God ~ A Life-Line

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word about God. If I spent enough time with the tiniest creature —even a caterpillar—I would never have to prepare a sermon. So full of Read more [...]

Brother Weeps Offers An Aside

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Sometimes, the most memorable—if not the most important—thing a teacher has to teach us comes by way of a temporary departure from their main theme, an aside, some off-the-cough comment, or a brief digression before returning to their original topic. Read more [...]

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