Joining the Something That God is Always Doing

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

I was doing some reading recently on spiritual direction and came across these lines from the late pastor, teacher, and writer Eugene Peterson and I thought it was apropos to our theme for the year in The Human & the Holy (H&H). In his book The Read more [...]

Friending God

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

Greeting Friends of God, I feel like I should begin with “I’m baaaaaaaack,” but that sounds so ominous. Anyway, The Almond Tree is here again either for bird cage liner or personal edification or both. I might add that if you do use it for both, Read more [...]

From Allusion to Awe

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme. ~ Abraham Heschel Rabbi Heschel points out there are three ways we may respond to the Read more [...]

Sharon’s Christmas Prayer

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

She was five, sure of the facts, and recited them with slow solemnity convinced every word was revelation. She said they were so poor they had only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to eat and they went a long way from home without Read more [...]

Delighting in the Nod of God

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Listening to the Excitement (continued) I don't know Who -- or what -- put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone --or Something --and from that hour I was certain that Read more [...]

A Listening Heart

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

In the silence, God invites and encourages us -- because courage is what it takes -- to be freely ourselves and to allow God to be freely God and not the prisoner of our inheritance, the product of our own private invention, or the possession of our presumption. Read more [...]

The White Horn of the Silent Music Truth

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

“To know silence perfectly is to know music.” ~ Carl Sandberg [silence continued] Silence, while being true, is not the truth. The silence is like the white spathe of the calla lily from which emerges the yellow spadix of truth. The white horn Read more [...]

Listen Loudly

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Sound is the voice of the Created. Silence is the voice of the Creator. Listen loudly. Speak in whispers. -~ author unknown Because our theme this year is LISTEN LOUDLY, it is necessarily a year of entering into the silence. Silence is not absolutely Read more [...]

Being Responsive

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

“Responsiveness to God cannot be copied; it must be original with every soul.” ~ Evelyn Underhill The purpose of listening is to hear. The purpose of hearing is to receive. Sometimes, at the deepest level, the point of receiving what is heard is Read more [...]

Bringing Our Blooming Gift

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent, Year B (Isaiah 55:10-11; Matthew 6:7-15) Yesterday I failed to mention that the gospel that was selected to accompany the reading from Leviticus 19 on being holy was the famous but frequently side-stepped passage from Read more [...]

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