About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

The Marriage of Justice & Love

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love. ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read more [...]

Brother Weeps and the Man in the Back

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

One evening Brother Weeps had been invited to speak at an interfaith gathering. The talk was held in a large room on the second floor of the town library. During his talk a man near the back became noticeably agitated: sighing heavily, saying things under 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 [...]

Living Faithfully in the Tension

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-line is: [A]s the great French writer Albert Camus once suggested, there is in the world beauty, and there are the humiliated, and we must strive, hard as it is, not to be unfaithful either to the one or to the other. ~William Sloan Read more [...]

Brother Weeps Speaks of the Soul

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

One day Brother Weeps was teaching when he said, "The life of the soul is counterintuitive, certainly countercultural. The soul is meant for wise divesting." "What does that mean?" said a young man. "I don't understand." "There is no greater Read more [...]

That All-Surrounding Embrace

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

The Avowal As swimmers dare to lie face to the sky and water bears them, as hawks rest upon air and air sustains them, so would I learn to attain freefall, and float into Creator Spirit’s deep embrace, knowing no effort earns that all-surrounding Read more [...]

A Prayer, a Vision, a Call

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

O Divine Spirit! During the weeks and months ahead, stir our hearts and minds that we might fight for a vision that is worthy of you and your call to honor the dignity of all of your creation. A vision of who we are as a people, grounded in Read more [...]

Sister Mahala Sets the Novice Straight

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Sister Mahala went to visit a young sister who refused to leave her cell. “Hello Sister,” said Amma Mahala. “We have missed you lately at meals, work time, and community prayer. Is everything alright? Are you ill?” “I’m fine Amma. I am Read more [...]

Avoiding the Temptation of Spiritual Bypass

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

It seemed to me this morning--- that with 170,000 deaths (in the USA alone) into the COVID calamity, with many persons dying without the comfort and nearness of loved ones, with truncated funerals or graveside services that add more sadness to the already Read more [...]

Patience . . . or Maybe Not

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Patience, a quality of holiness, may be sloth in the soul when associated with the lack of righteous indignation. ~ Abraham Heschel Read more [...]

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