About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 11/6/18

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Community leader, religious reformer, mystic, Doctor of the Church, 16th century Spanish Carmelite St. Teresa of Avila was a powerhouse for all ages. Known as Sister Teresa of Jesus, she was a rich and memorable blend of vision and passion, humor Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

O God, full of compassion, Who dwells on high, grant true rest upon the wings of the Shechinah↑, in the exalted spheres of the holy and pure, who shine as the resplendence of the firmament, to the souls of the eleven slain members of Tree of Life Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 10/30/18

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s health was diminishing. He grew more forgetful and frail each day. His hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, his balance was unreliable, and Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Is there a richer and stranger idea in the world than grace? Only love, grace's cousin, grace's summer pelt. We think of grace arriving like an ambulance, a just-in-time delivery, an invisible divine cavalry cresting a hill of troubles, a bolt Read more [...]

Thomas Keating O.C.S.O. – R. I. P.

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Trappist monk and priest, Thomas Keating (March 7, 1923 - October 25, 2018) passed over yesterday. A spiritual elder not just for his Catholic community but like the Dalai Lama for the entire earth community, Keating was one of the formative figures following Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is -- a song called "Basic Human Needs" by one of my favorite human beings: Hugh Romney, more commonly known as Wavy Gravy. This is a great version recently released by one of the first all-female rock bands, The Ace of Cups on Read more [...]

TUESDAY WITH STORY – 10/16/18

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

A few weeks ago we celebrated the feast of St. Francis so I thought I'd offer this famous tale about St. Francis and the wolf of Gubbio. I have enjoyed telling this story for years to children whose eyes grew big as I recounted the encounter between Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: There are many wise, inspiring, and challenging statements from the treasury of words written and spoken by Oscar Romero who was canonized a saint yesterday by Pope Francis. Here are just three. A church that does not provoke Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 10/8/18

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Here's my telling of a famous Zen story There once was a man who was wandering in a grassland region. Some ways off, he saw a tiger and the tiger saw him. Both stood motionless staring at the other. Suddenly, the tiger bolted toward the man who started Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Christian spirituality, that is, living the Christ-life, involves the conscious, intentional, immediate, and ongoing choice to incarnate love wherever we are, in the full awareness of our own contingency and imminent death. ~ Read more [...]

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About Daniel J. Miller

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 11/6/18

Life-Line

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 10/30/18

Life-Line

Thomas Keating O.C.S.O. – R. I. P.

Life-Line

TUESDAY WITH STORY – 10/16/18

Life-Line

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 10/8/18

Life-Line