Life-Line

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: It is right it should be so Man was made for Joy & Woe And when this we rightly know Thro the World we safely go Joy & Woe are woven fine A Clothing for the soul divine Under every grief & pine Runs a joy with Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Truly! Truly! By God! By God! Be as sure of it as you are that God lives: at the least good deed done here in this world, the least bit of good will, the least good desire, all the saints in heaven and on earth rejoice, and together Read more [...]

What is Christmas?

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

It is the Yes of Mary to the Yes of God inviting the Yes of us to the Yes of God. It is the surrogacy of love giving birth to new possibilities. It is the magnificat of Mary’s hospitality undoing the homelessness of hope. It is the face of the Read more [...]

Merry Christmas & Blessed Holidays Goodpeople

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Wishing you, your family and friends, all creatures great and small, all neighborhoods and nations, all people of the earth, & the community of creation Hope Healing Peace Justice & Joy EMMANUEL ~ Dan ~ Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.” ~ Andre Gide Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I don’t think anyone “finds” joy. Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small things, the ordinary miracles that strengthen our hearts so we can keep them open to what is difficult. ~ Dawna Markova Read more [...]

Asking Permission to “Be” Once Again

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

I have been reading Matthew Fox’s new book A Way to God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality Journey courtesy of a long-time member of The Human & the Holy spiritual formation community. Merton, one of the most important spiritual writers Read more [...]

Sharon’s Christmas Prayer

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

She was five, sure of the facts, and recited them with slow solemnity convinced every word was revelation. She said they were so poor they had only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to eat and they went a long way from home without Read more [...]

Of Marcia, Sunlight, and the Duty of Pleasure

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

One of the reasons that I have drawn our attention thus far to the sheer enjoyment that comes from the playfulness, refreshment, or voltage of language is because in addition to the ability to break us open poetry has the capacity to retrieve for us the Read more [...]

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Life-Line

Life-Line

What is Christmas?

Merry Christmas & Blessed Holidays Goodpeople

Life-Line

Life-Line

Asking Permission to “Be” Once Again

Sharon’s Christmas Prayer

Of Marcia, Sunlight, and the Duty of Pleasure