Poem 6 for the Season of Creation*

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

LECTIO POETICA If you have not read the explanation for Lectio Poetica, I encourage you to read it here before reading Oliver’s poem below. SNOW GEESE Oh, to love what is lovely, and will not last! What a task to ask of anything, or anyone, yet Read more [...]

Sometimes All We Can Do Is Bow

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

There is nothing more whole than a broken heart. ~ Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk Mother Teresa, the Albanian nun who took into her heart and home the destitute and dying in Calcutta, popularized for many Christians the Indian greeting “Namaste” Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is a poem by the late American poet Stanley Kunitz (1905 - 2006). Before reading "The Long Boat" you might want to read the short explanation of Lectio Poetica (<-- Click on the blue) and use the poem for prayerful reflection. The Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 4

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

In light of Mary Oliver's death last Thursday, let us honor her life and savor her words. In Blackwater Woods Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 7/10/18

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

You have to understand that the shortest distance between a human being and truth is a story. ~ Anthony de Mello The guru sat in meditation on the riverbank when a disciple bent down to place two enormous pearls at Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends upon it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. ~ Mary Read more [...]

Pensées: Notes for Talks

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Pray to be able to greet death like a companion or a trusted friend waiting on the bank of the other shore who reaches out to you and helps you manage the last slippery stones of a rushing stream as you step safely across from life to new life. The Read more [...]

Simplicity and the Spirituality of Relinquishment

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Daniel J. Miller

It is more than just interesting, it is revealing, I think, that among other definitions, the word simple also has the connotation for lacking mental acuteness, unlearned, ignorant, unsophisticated, naïve, simpleminded. It is easy for some people to Read more [...]

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Poem 6 for the Season of Creation*

Sometimes All We Can Do Is Bow

Life-Line

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 4

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 7/10/18

Life-Line

Pensées: Notes for Talks

Simplicity and the Spirituality of Relinquishment