Out of the Depths — A Contemporary Lament

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

CAUTIONARY NOTE: The second part of this reflection deals with a traumatic incident (suicide, death, parental loss) and the aftermath. It is emotionally charged and some people may find it potentially retraumatizing. Be sure to use good judgment. When Read more [...]

Reaching Out, Pulled from Within — A Lament

Posted on December 5, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

~ After Listening to an interview with Nick Cave and while reading his book Faith, Hope, and Carnage. Does it get better? Does it get better? Does it get better? Does it get better? Does it get better? Does it get better? ⊕ Does it ever Read more [...]

The Tragedy of Us and Them — A Lamentation

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

Some are guilty, all are responsible. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel While men called adults keep playing the same old demented games where no one ever wins both sides always lose each side justifying violence so that violence and anguish and death and trauma Read more [...]

We Are Tethered / Spirit is Free / What Spirit Is / We Can Be

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

One of the best pieces of advice that I can give to preachers is to preach as if YOU were sitting in the front pew. That simple counsel is meant to prevent preaching from getting preachy. It reminds the homilist that he or she is not up there preaching Read more [...]

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 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 [...]

Why are Our Children Bearing the Burden of the Right to Bear Arms? | Opinion

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Guest Columnists: Kelsey Gastineau, Maya Neeley and Dena Ibrahim NOTE WELL: The following piece appeared on June 1, 2022, in the Opinion section of the Nashville newspaper The Tennessean. It is co-authored by three local pediatricians. I offer it here Read more [...]

“A voice is heard in Ramah*, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” ~ Jeremiah 31:15

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The 11 mass deadly school shootings that happened in the U.S. since Columbine * Virginia Tech – April 16, 2007 – 32 victims Sandy Hook Elementary School – Dec. 14, 2012 – 26 victims Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – Feb. 14, 2018 Read more [...]

What, Goodpeople, Are We to Do? No. 2

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

PART 2 of 2 You have to develop your imagination to the point that permits sympathy to happen. You have to be able to imagine lives that are not yours or the lives of your loved ones or the lives of your neighbors. You have to have at least enough Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 11 When I Was the Forest

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

For a write-up on Lectio Poetica click HERE. When I Was the Forest When I was the stream, when I was the forest, when I was still the field, when I was every hoof, foot, fin and wing, when I was the sky itself, no one ever asked me Read more [...]

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