In Memoriam

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The photo above with me and the dog (the dog is on the right) is from my 1977 post-college hitchhiking trip around the US of A to the tune of 17,000 miles with JT as the soundtrack—"Take to the highway won't you lend me your name. . . " Way more Read more [...]

The Geometry of the Christ-Life

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Imagine a circle marked out on the ground. Suppose that this circle is the world and that the center of the circle is God. Leading from the edge to the center are a number of lines, representing ways of life. In their desire to draw near to God, the saints Read more [...]

Brother Weeps and the Do-Si-Do

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Advice Someone dancing inside us learned only a few steps: the "Do-Your-Work" in 4/4 time. the "What-Do-You-Expect" waltz. He hasn't noticed yet the woman standing away from the lamp, the one with dark eyes who knows the rhumba and strange Read more [...]

A Saying that Needs to be Laid to Rest

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

“There, but for the grace of God, go I.” This is a seemingly harmless and ubiquitous saying that turns up in the case of close calls and near miss tragedies, slipping off the tongue with the intention of crediting God for the prevention of the speaker's Read more [...]

The Spiritual Life is Not a Life of Quiet Withdrawal

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The spiritual life is not a life of quiet withdrawal, a hothouse growth of artificial ascetic practices beyond the reach of people living ordinary lives. It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can Read more [...]

The Coming of Your Bones

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Yesterday, I posted a reflection on compassion which I believe is a constitutive element of any authentic spirituality. I told a story about when I was in college and on the receiving end of a simple but profound act of compassionate presence. At Read more [...]

THE DREAM TEAM: My Starting Five ~ 4. Compassion

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Suppose your spiritual life was a ball team. Who would be your starting five? Remember this: All suffering comes to an end. And whatever you suffer authentically, God has suffered it first. ~ Meister Eckhart The love of our neighbor in all its Read more [...]

To Be Grateful ~ A Life-line

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Note ~ This passage originally was written as prose. It comes from Merton's book Thoughts in Solitude. It's a follow up to my reflection on June 2, 2022 on Gratefulness. Today's Life-Line is: To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in Read more [...]

The Assumption of Spirituality ~ A Life-Line

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The assumption of spirituality is that always God is doing something before I know it. So the task is not to get God to do something I think needs to be done but to become aware of what God is doing so that I can respond to it Read more [...]

The Ridiculous Love of God

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

What good is it to believe in a merciful, forgiving God if we are not able or willing to forgive ourselves? Sister Helen Prejean who has given years of her life to accompanying inmates on death row—some who have committed atrocious crimes—reminds Read more [...]

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