About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

Life-Line

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today’s Life-Line is: Before his death, Rabbi Zusya wept as he said “In the coming world God will not ask me: “Why were you not like Moses?” God will not ask me: “Why were you not like Isaiah?” “Why then do you weep?” queried his disciples. Read more [...]

Soul Making

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

It takes three things to attain a sense of significant being: God A Soul And a Moment. And the three are always here. (Abraham J. Heschel, Insecurity of Freedom, 84) There is a word that has made a comeback the last dozen years or so. Maybe Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I don’t think anyone “finds” joy. Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small things, the ordinary miracles that strengthen our hearts so we can keep them open to what is difficult. ~ Dawna Markova Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The art of being human is the art of being whole: wholly related to the whole of reality. The word for this exquisite human response to the manifold in the One is holiness. Far from a diminution Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Noble

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Noble [noh-buh l] I first remember taking notice of the word “noble” when I was 16. At the time, my life revolved around sports the way a hummingbird’s revolves around flowering gardens, basketball being my favorite nectar. Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Because we want the peace with half a heart and half a life and will, the war, of course, continues, because the waging of war, by its nature, is total — but the waging of peace, by our own cowardice, is partial . . . ‘Of Read more [...]

Let Us Bow Our Heads and Remember

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

“So, let us be alert in a twofold sense: Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.” ~ Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning Read more [...]

Little Books with Big Meaning

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

The last class I offered the last year I worked full-time in a parish was titled “The Mustard Seed Conspiracy: Little Books with Big Meaning.” The title was lifted from a book by Tom Sine. I thought it sounded tantalizingly subversive. The sub-title Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

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Today’s Life-Line is:

We can never be born enough. ~ E.E. Cummings

A Word to the Wise — Kindness

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Kindness [kahynd-nis] “What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with Read more [...]

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Author Archives: Daniel J. Miller

About Daniel J. Miller

Life-Line

Soul Making

Life-Line

Life-Line

A Word to the Wise — Noble

Life-Line

Let Us Bow Our Heads and Remember

Little Books with Big Meaning

Life-Line

A Word to the Wise — Kindness