About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

Rainer Maria Rilke ~ A Life-Line

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

GO TO THE LIMITS OF YOUR LONGING By Rainer Maria Rilke God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody Read more [...]

Musica Memento 2

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Forty-five years ago or so, my brother introduced me to the music of Judee Sill. If there is a choir of angels in heaven, certainly Judee Sill is in it. Her angelic, at times haunting, always evocative voice is matched by the power, precision, and pathos Read more [...]

Contemplative Seeing — The Look of Love

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

THE CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE involves the discipline and willingness to let the Spirit “cleanse the doors of perception,” to use William Blake’s phrase, so that when we look we see with the eyes of our heart into the heart of whom or what we see. Or Read more [...]

God Happens ~ A Life-Line

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

A Life-Line: [In Martin Buber's idea that "In the beginning was the relationship,] God is not spoken of as the supreme object, but as the mutual, significant, actively experienced relationship to life. God is not found as a precious stone or as blue Read more [...]

Of Baseball and Prayer

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

“Brother, teach us about prayer.” asked a young man who was sitting in a small group with the monk. “First, I must tell you a story,” said Brother Po. “Once, here in America, where baseball is the pastime, there was a high school coach Read more [...]

A Place Where One Would Want to Live

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

A parable beginning before our time, for our time, and for time after time. A story of the power of one: one person, one imaginative idea turned into one wild dream, one wild dream enacted one day, then another, and another. One story of a simple hidden Read more [...]

Spiritual Growth

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Stated simply, psychological growth is growth in efficiency, spiritual growth is growth in love. Psychological growth has to do with how well we are able to accomplish the tasks of living. Spiritual growth has to do with what we are living for, Read more [...]

Musica Memento 1

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Take a break in your day to remember the things that matter most, what truly enlivens and edifies, what honors the One from whom all blessings flow, what reconnects you with others, and makes the planet a better place. TURN IT UP LOUD!! Let cantor James Read more [...]

Of the Prophet Amos, George Takei, Colin Kaepernick, and What Offends Us

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I spurn with loathing your pilgrim feasts. I take no pleasure in your sacred ceremonies. When you bring me your whole offerings and your grass offerings I shall not accept them. Nor pay heed to your shared offerings of straw-fed Read more [...]

Sister Clarissa

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Back in the day when summer was a legitimate three months, the first week of September used to be the first week of grade school each year. I guess I'm dating myself. So when I see the youngsters going and coming from school this time of year it always Read more [...]

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