Consecrating the Common Deed ~ A Life-Line

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

An authentic spirituality, whatever the religious tradition, is manifested less in the heroic, dramatic, or sensational feat than in the ongoing consecration of the present moment, the common deed, the simple gesture, the considerate thought, the brief Read more [...]

The Human & the Holy

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Hi Friends - We begin Our 14th Year of The Human & the Holy (H&H) this Sunday. Here's what people are saying about H&H. If you or someone you know may be interested in joining us, see the information below. We love new faces (to complement Read more [...]

Little Books with Big Meaning

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

The last class I offered the last year I worked full-time in a parish was titled “The Mustard Seed Conspiracy: Little Books with Big Meaning.” The title was lifted from a book by Tom Sine. I thought it sounded tantalizingly subversive. The sub-title Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, and ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live Read more [...]

Of Cookies, Cancer, and Significant Living

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

◊ Listening to Boredom (continued) Life is significant because it is LIFE, because without it nothing would be, because we didn’t do anything to obtain or deserve it, and because we can serve it by being witnesses and bearers of it. We do this Read more [...]

The Fear of an Insignificant Life

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

◊ Listening to Boredom (continued) Related to the fear of exploring the inner self that is required for healthy, soulful living, is the suspicion that lurks just beneath the surface of many bored person’s lives, namely, that the lives they are now Read more [...]

Self-Exploration: The Gateway to Significant Living

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

◊ Listening to Boredom (continued) It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who we are. We face surprises. And disappointments. The crucial fact is that we are different from anybody we know and admire.... It takes all one's courage to be the Read more [...]

The Icy Storm Within

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

◊ Listening to Boredom (continued) Everything that happens to you is your teacher... the secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it. ~ Polly B. Berends ~ The cyclic tragedy of it all is that too often easily bored Read more [...]

A Hole in the Soul

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Because, in one sense, people’s lives are so much busier today than, say, fifty years ago, because there are not only so many things to do but so many seemingly good things to do, we might not see another more telling situation, namely, that as civilization Read more [...]

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Tag Archives: Significant Living

Consecrating the Common Deed ~ A Life-Line

The Human & the Holy

Little Books with Big Meaning

Life-Line

Life-Line

Of Cookies, Cancer, and Significant Living

The Fear of an Insignificant Life

Self-Exploration: The Gateway to Significant Living

The Icy Storm Within

A Hole in the Soul