Life-Line

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The strategy of Jesus is not centered in taking the right stand on issues, but rather in standing in the right place—with the outcast and those relegated to the margins. ~ Gregory J. Boyle Read more [...]

Easter ~ The Season of Singing Has Come

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, Read more [...]

What Makes the Soul Great

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

For the past 18 months I have been listening to the now President-Elect repeatedly encourage his followers with the slogan "Let's Make America Great Again." All the while I have been acutely aware of how different his understanding of greatness is Read more [...]

Saints Alive!

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

I was relistening to a podcast this week in which the interviewee, Francis Weller, a psychotherapist, writer, and expert in the healing work of grief ritual, made the comment that in his work he sees two ailments that especially seem to afflict people Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Noble

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Noble [noh-buh l] I first remember taking notice of the word “noble” when I was 16. At the time, my life revolved around sports the way a hummingbird’s revolves around flowering gardens, basketball being my favorite nectar. Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Anyone can love peace, but Jesus doesn't say, "Blessed are the peacelovers." He says "peacemakers." He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life. And he means a vocation that includes risk. . . The Read more [...]

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

My brother is a teacher. Recently he overheard a 2nd grader say to a classmate, “When I was younger, I thought Jesus was the King of the juice.” That either suggests why so many of my red-faced ancestors were drunks offers a Christian Read more [...]

Can the Word Christian Be Saved?

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Continued from (March 3: A Word to the Wise – Christening) A college friend of mine had a particular repetitive fondness for the jocular quip, “You and I have a strange and wonderful relationship (dramatic pause): You’re kind of strange and I’m Read more [...]

Widening the Circle: Jesus’ Ethic of Radical Inclusion

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

One of the scenes in the Gospel of John has provided fodder for centuries of speculation. What did Jesus “write in the sand?” You remember the scene-- “Early in the morning [Jesus] arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started Read more [...]

God’s Yes!

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

The renowned Protestant theologian Karl Barth travelled to America and delivered a series of lectures at Princeton Seminary. At the end of one of these talks, a seminary student rose and asked, “My dear Dr. Barth, could you, in one line, sum up the Read more [...]

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Tag Archives: Jesus

Life-Line

Easter ~ The Season of Singing Has Come

What Makes the Soul Great

Saints Alive!

A Word to the Wise — Noble

Life-Line

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Can the Word Christian Be Saved?

Widening the Circle: Jesus’ Ethic of Radical Inclusion

God’s Yes!