TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/26/18

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

In the town of Mill Valley in Northern California there lives an Irish poet. His name is Raymond. Sister Dolores McGuire met him one day as she walked across the plaza there, where he converses with the people as they sit, stand, or simply pass by. Raymond Read more [...]

Easter ~ The Season of Singing Has Come

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: no time ago or else a life walking in the dark i met christ jesus)my heart flopped over and lay still while he passed(as close as i'm to you yes closer made of nothing except loneliness ~ E. E. Cummings Read more [...]

William Stafford Poem ~ A Life-Line

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Yes It could happen any time, tornado, earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen. Or sunshine, love, salvation. It could, you know. That’s why we wake and look out — no guarantees in Read more [...]

Advent Poem

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

HOW LONG WE WAIT How long we wait, with minds as quiet as time, Like sentries on a tower. How long we watch, by night, like the astronomers. Heaven, when will we hear you sing, Arising from our grassy hills, And say: “The dark is done, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The Beautiful Changes One wading a Fall meadow finds on all sides The Queen Anne’s Lace lying like lilies On water; it glides So from the walker, it turns Dry grass to a lake, as the slightest shade of you Valleys Read more [...]

Advent Poem

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Here is an Advent poem for your prayerful pondering. It is by Rowan Williams, Welsh theologian, priest, and former Archbishop of Canterbury. Later commissioned to be set to music as a carol, the poem captures a wintry spirituality. Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Autumn The leaves are falling, falling as if from far up, as if orchards were dying high in space. Each leaf falls as if it were motioning “no.” And tonight the heavy earth is falling away from all other stars Read more [...]

Elephant Prayer

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

The Human & the Holy spiritual formation community (H&H) will be coming together this Sunday for our second gathering of the 2016-2017 year. Our theme this year is From the Inside Out: Living a Significant Life. Our gathering Sunday is titled Read more [...]

To the Unseeable Animal

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

My daughter: I hope there’s an animal somewhere that nobody has ever seen. And I hope that nobody ever sees it. Being, whose flesh dissolves at our glance, knower of the secret sums and measures, you are always here, dwelling in the oldest sycamores, visiting Read more [...]

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TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/26/18

Easter ~ The Season of Singing Has Come

Life-Line

William Stafford Poem ~ A Life-Line

Advent Poem

Life-Line

Advent Poem

Life-Line

Elephant Prayer

To the Unseeable Animal