Cummings Continued

Posted on May 19, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

Following the previous post of E.E. Cummings' poem-prayer "i thank You God for most," I thought I'd post another poem I mentioned there. I do so in the spirit of Dostoevsky's Prince Myshkin's by-now famous statement, "I believe the world will be saved Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 12 i thank You God for most

Posted on May 16, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

I first encountered E.E. Cummings' poetry during my freshman or sophomore year in college. I must have been exposed to Cummings in high school though I have no recollection of it. One of the few books I have on my shelf from back in the Paleolithic Read more [...]

Undergoing God

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

[ uhn-der-goh ] undergo — to experience, go through, endure, bear, withstand, sustain, suffer In his book The Shattered Lantern, Ronald Rolheiser asserts that one essential task of contemplation is not to make of God “something to be studied, Read more [...]

What Kind of Gospel — A Life-Line

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: A church that does not provoke any crisis, preach a gospel that does not unsettle, proclaim a word of God that does not get under anyone's skin or a word of God that does not touch the real sin of the society in which it Read more [...]

The Fragile State of Our Union & the Fragile State of Donald Trump

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

Nota Bene! Anyone is welcome to read and weigh in on these comments. Given that I am not a political commentator, journalist, or pundit, but rather someone who has been involved in spiritual formation, guidance, pastoral ministry, and leadership for Read more [...]

Musica Memento 12 ~ Walk and Talk Like Angels

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

Music is the GPS of memory. It can take us back immediately to a place, relationship, or experience—painful, exhilarating, transformative—to a moment, month, or year of our lives. Toni Child's UNION brings me back to 1988, to her song "Walk and Talk Read more [...]

Love is Come Again, Like Wheat that Springs Up Green

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

"Now the Green Blade Riseth" may well be my favorite Easter Carol. The original meaning of the word “carol” was "a joyful song." This is a wonderful rendition by two monks—Isaiah and Cyprian—from The New Camaldoli Hermitage down the road from Read more [...]

. . . Good Friday . . .

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith. ~ W.H. Auden https://www.thesacredbraid.com/2022/04/15/triduum-readings-for-meditation-holy-thursday-good-friday-holy-saturday-and-easter-sunday/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2zkcsCpOGE ♣ ♣ ARE Read more [...]

To Be Moved or Not to Be Moved

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious person's attitude toward history and nature. ~ Abraham Heschel My original passion for the writings (not to mention the life) of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel on whose works I wrote Read more [...]

Join the Revolution — Be a Pebble

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Daniel J. Miller

Out of the mouth of babes. ~ some wise toddler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQoZbgGh9o Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. ~ Rev. Sydney Smith What I want to bring out is how a pebble Read more [...]

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