There is Only Life

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The mystic feels no need to use the adjective spiritual to modify life. ~ Dan Miller Let's be clear. There is no such self-contained entity called the spiritual life. There is only life—lived either spiritually or otherwise, that is, as animated Read more [...]

Textjacking — What Would We Do Without Wikiquote?

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

"There is no greater love than giving up one’s soul for one’s friends." ~ Vladimir Putin (RRSV)*at a pro-war rally in Moscow before 200,000 people And here all these years I thought it was Jesus of Nazareth who said this in Jerusalem at the Read more [...]

Second Sunday of Lent ~ The Transfiguration

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

TODAY is the Feast of the Transfiguration. A week ago we read the story of Jesus' vision fast when he confronted the satan in the desert in preparation for his three years of ministry. It was a window into the humanity of Jesus. This week we have an icon Read more [...]

With All Due Disrespect, Tucker Carlson

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

It is Lent. Perhaps it was as a subconscious penance that I found my way to recent clips from the FOX News Channel’s flagship primetime cable "news" program hosted by Tucker Carlson (née Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson). I must confess, I'll take ten Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on Becoming Whole not Perfect

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

One day Brother Weeps was talking about wholeness and holiness, emphasizing that neither has anything to do with perfection. "Perfection, or the preoccupation with it," he said, "which we call perfectionism, is the nemesis of holiness and a misguided Read more [...]

The Skin-to-Skin of Divine Love

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today we celebrate the incarnation of love in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. In verse 1 of the prologue to his Gospel, the Evangelist John famously writes: In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The Greek Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise ~ Integrity / Part 4

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Integrity [ in–teg–ri-tee ] Part 4, The righteous walk in integrity— happy are the children who follow them. ~ Proverbs 20:7 Cease to do evil. Learn to do good. Make justice your home forever. ~ Isaiah 1:16 If the main arbiter for Read more [...]

The Kingdom of God ~ A Life-Line

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

. . . maybe the only moral issue for us in life is to try to discern what is the will of God for our life. What is it that we are called to be and called to become? And I think Jesus modeled asking that question in a radical way and lived out Read more [...]

Being Alive to the Aliveness of God

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

If we want to be spiritual, then, let us first of all live our lives. . . Let us embrace reality. ~ Thomas Merton Nineteenth century American poet Emily Dickinson famously wrote "Tell the truth/ but tell it slant." These days, from where I'm sitting, Read more [...]

Reverence: An Offering of Love – Part 4/4

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

~ continued from yesterday (since this is written in four installments and as a conversation, you may want to hit “previous” and read the preceding parts or minimally read the last paragraph or two from the previous installment to get the context Read more [...]

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