Second Friday of Lent — Gideon’s Bible, My Unsung Hero, and the Practice of Hope as an Act of Resistance

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

One deed of an individual may decide the fate of the world. ~ Abraham Heschel I confess to a wee bit of eye-rolling in response to the GBS otherwise known as The Gideon's Bible Syndrome. Most of you who have spent time pilfering hotel bathrooms Read more [...]

What We Breathe Out into the World Makes All the Difference

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

One drop continually dripped wears away even the strongest stone. Little strokes fell great oaks. No one comes out of their mother's womb hateful, racist, or evil. More and more I've come to believe that to be a Christ-one—or minimally, a person Read more [...]

Join the Conspiracy

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

"Let’s join together in the conspiracy of incarnated love by consecrating the common deed and practicing regular, not so randomacts of kindness." ~ Dan Miller (READ MORE ) ARTWORK: Act of Kindness, Frederica Murario ♣ GOODPEOPLE ♣ HOW ABOUT Read more [...]

I Am a Traveler, too. And You?

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

What would it mean if we led with compassion? This is what I'm chewing on this weekend. By led I'm not referring to showing the way, guiding by example or escorting others. I'm talking about how we present ourselves, how we step out each morning, encounter Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 8

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

We read Lectio under the eye of God Meditatio until the heart is touched Oratio and leaps into flame. Contemplatio ~ Dom Marmion* A Blessing Just Read more [...]

John Lewis, February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020, R.I.P.

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I Read more [...]

The Anointing

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

This was originally posted two years ago. For some reason it tugged on my sleeve today, got my attention, and asked if maybe it could get yours as well. I said okay. MANY YEARS AGO, when I was in my mid-twenties, I drove once a week from Princeton, Read more [...]

Consecrating the Common Deed

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

One of the great realizations I gleaned from my years studying the life and works of Rabbi Abraham Heschel is the power, imperative, and sanctity of the common deed, the seemingly simple gesture, word, or act so typically overlooked and often left Read more [...]

Beautiful Prayer ~ A Life-Line

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I say Yes to everything that happens to me today as an opportunity to give and receive love without reserve. I am thankful for the enduring capacity to love that has come to me from the Sacred Heart of the Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

The Last Life-Line of 2018 is: Kindness and truth shall meet, justice and peace shall kiss. Truth shall spring out of the earth, and justice shall look down from heaven. ~ Psalm 85: 11-12 Read more [...]

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