Life-Line

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is" TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 10/30/18

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s health was diminishing. He grew more forgetful and frail each day. His hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, his balance was unreliable, and Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is -- a song called "Basic Human Needs" by one of my favorite human beings: Hugh Romney, more commonly known as Wavy Gravy. This is a great version recently released by one of the first all-female rock bands, The Ace of Cups on Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 9/25/18

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

I have used the story below in a variety of settings and contexts since 1999 when I first read it in the Jesuit Review America Magazine. It is based on a real life experience and, as it turns out, is a contemporary rendering of a very old, and very Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: What does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love kindly, and to walk humbly with your God. ~ Micah 6:8 Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: A homie named Cruz spent his last dollars taking a Metrolink train sixty miles to Los Angeles from San Bernadino, where he had relocated his lady and newborn to avoid the dangers and desperation of his previous gang life. He had Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Six months ago I walked across Spain. Five hundred miles. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. . . I saw my life. The Camino was my life. My life compressed to forty days and forty nights. A Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside, you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing. ~ Naomi Shihab Nye Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: If, in my own life, there has been “good purpose” in living with AIDS, it has been this: I have learned, repeatedly, that we experience satisfaction and purpose in our lives when we do something kind and caring for others. Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Kindness

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Kindness [kahynd-nis] “What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with Read more [...]

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A Word to the Wise — Kindness