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 World Will Be Saved By ——

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

There is an all-too-familiar adage—"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"—that has allowed many to assume beauty is utterly subjective. In fact, beauty is no more subjective than goodness or truth which together allude to the triadic nature of God. Read more [...]

Hopes and Wishes for the New Year

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

As we turn the page from 2022 to 2023, we re-member ourselves to loved ones who have died and to those unknown to us who have made the final crossing. We entrust them to God's mercy and care, knowing they are in good company in God. My wishes Read more [...]

‘Tis a Fearful Thing to Love

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

‘Tis a fearful thing to love what death can touch. A fearful thing to love, to hope, to dream, to be ― to be, and oh, to lose. A thing for fools, this, and a holy thing, a holy thing to love. For your life has lived in me, your laugh Read more [...]

In the Bleak Midwinter, a Day to Re-Joy

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

. . . everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. ~ Isaiah 35:10b Today, the Third Sunday of Advent, is known as GAUDETE SUNDAY or Rejoice Sunday. Guadete in Latin means Read more [...]

A Feather Weightier than the Daily Bombs

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

I haven't posted much of late as I'm busy writing other things. But I came across this by accident and it moved me. So, I thought I'd pass it on, in case you haven't seen it. Sometimes we find the best things in really strange places. Like on American Read more [...]

The Imperative of Reverence in Sacrilegious Times

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

To revere another is to behold their indigenous sacredness and to stand in awe before the One in whom they live and move and have their being. ~ Dan Miller Human being is either coming into meaning or betraying it.~ Abraham Heschel Yesterday, 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 [...]

First Sunday of Advent

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

As we enter into the season of Advent, the four week run up to its culmination in “The Nativity of the Lord” and the Christmas mystery, we are once again made mindful not merely of the motif of darkness and light, but more so of the motif of Read more [...]

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