About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

Natural Happiness and Incarnations of Beauty

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A Reflection in Three Parts Part Two Thinking of the power of awe reminds me of another one of my spiritual heroes, Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. A fallible and faithful friend Read more [...]

Awe and Intimations of the Divine

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A Reflection in Three Parts Part One The heavens are telling the glory of God. ~ Ps. 19:1 The world is charged with the grandeur of God ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins Awe is an intuition for the dignity Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Here’s what’s interesting— when studying shame and spirituality or shame and religion there are a lot of people—or over half of the people I have interviewed over the last thirteen years have pretty deep scars around faith Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: "What do you think of the world to come?" an admirer asked Thoreau. "One world at a time," Thoreau replied. Read more [...]

Words Spoken, Lessons Learned

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A few days ago I discovered a box in the garage that contained a red three-ring binder. It contained five of the first homilies I ever preached. I offered them at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, a small parish in a small town that billed itself as the Gateway Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The survival of the planet Earth in its integral reality is, it seems to me, the basic issue that confronts us here. In some basic sense, the human project and the Earth project are a single project. There is no way in which the Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The best way to remember those who have been killed in battle is to work for the day when others will no longer be sent to take their place. Prayerfully reflecting on how to move away from war and war preparation should be central Read more [...]

A Tree of Life

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

NOTE: The letter below is a final note sent to the spiritual formation community I started and have led since 2003. In it I offer a Reflection Exercise for the summer months when we do not meet. It was offered as an addendum to our final gathering which Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

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There are no unsacred places;
there are only sacred places and desecrated places.

~ Wendell Berry

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Author Archives: Daniel J. Miller

About Daniel J. Miller

Natural Happiness and Incarnations of Beauty

Awe and Intimations of the Divine

Life-Line

Life-Line

Words Spoken, Lessons Learned

Life-Line

Life-Line

Life-Line

A Tree of Life

Life-Line