BTW — Christmas Implicates Us

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

It is important, not incidental, to remember that, like Advent, Christmas is a season. Still preserved in monastic communities and in the anomalous local church, the awareness of and participation in the twelve days of Christmas that are laid out like Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To 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 [...]

A Disturbing Blessing

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that we may live from deep within our hearts. May God bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of God's creations so that we may Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Our Father, Mother, who are in the world and surpass the world, blessed by your presence, in us, in animals and flowers, in still air and wind. May justice and peace dwell among us as you come to us. Your will be our will. You Read more [...]

Harper Lee R.I.P.

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

As my children know, I am a sucker for “Clickbait” on web portal Homepages, especially the kind whose headlines have the word “favorite” in them: Five Favorite Foods of Thin People, Favorite Places to Retire, Favorite Wildflower Hikes, All-Time 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 [...]

Giving Lovers to the World

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

This past weekend the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles hosted the annual Religious Education Congress in Anaheim. In general, I think religious education has to die and be reborn as faith formation and spiritual formation for transformation would Read more [...]

Be Holy

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Many times when teaching people the practice of lectio divina (meditatively praying with scripture), I have quipped, “Start with the Psalms or maybe one of the gospels. You probably want to stay away from Leviticus.” By the comment I meant to suggest Read more [...]

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BTW — Christmas Implicates Us

Life-Line

What is Christmas?

Merry Christmas & Blessed Holidays Goodpeople

A Disturbing Blessing

Life-Line

Harper Lee R.I.P.

Widening the Circle: Jesus’ Ethic of Radical Inclusion

Giving Lovers to the World

Be Holy