About Daniel J. Miller

Dan Miller is the founder of thesacredbraid.com

Brother Weeps Offers An Aside

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Sometimes, the most memorable—if not the most important—thing a teacher has to teach us comes by way of a temporary departure from their main theme, an aside, some off-the-cough comment, or a brief digression before returning to their original topic. Read more [...]

In Memoriam

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The photo above with me and the dog (the dog is on the right) is from my 1977 post-college hitchhiking trip around the US of A to the tune of 17,000 miles with JT as the soundtrack—"Take to the highway won't you lend me your name. . . " Way more Read more [...]

The Geometry of the Christ-Life

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Imagine a circle marked out on the ground. Suppose that this circle is the world and that the center of the circle is God. Leading from the edge to the center are a number of lines, representing ways of life. In their desire to draw near to God, the saints Read more [...]

The Fourth of July 2022

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

May we think of freedomnot as the right to do as we please,but as the opportunityto do what is right. ~ Peter Marshall ~ Renowned Presbyterian pastor and preacher and U.S. Senate Chaplain 1947 until his death in 1949 Read more [...]

Brother Weeps and the Do-Si-Do

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Advice Someone dancing inside us learned only a few steps: the "Do-Your-Work" in 4/4 time. the "What-Do-You-Expect" waltz. He hasn't noticed yet the woman standing away from the lamp, the one with dark eyes who knows the rhumba and strange Read more [...]

A Saying that Needs to be Laid to Rest

Posted on June 30, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

“There, but for the grace of God, go I.” This is a seemingly harmless and ubiquitous saying that turns up in the case of close calls and near miss tragedies, slipping off the tongue with the intention of crediting God for the prevention of the speaker's Read more [...]

THE DREAM TEAM: My Starting Five ~ 5. Joy

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Suppose your spiritual life was a basketball team. Who would be your starting five? CLICK on any of the five below. 1. LOVE 2. WONDER 3. GRATEFULNESS 4. COMPASSION 5. JOY There is only one real blasphemy: the refusal of joy. ~ Paul Rudnick Your Read more [...]

Mother and Child Appreciation Day

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Aka Father's Day Since becoming a father, this day has always seemed a little off-kilter to me. Shouldn’t this day be called Mother and Child Appreciation Day? After all, what little the father-to-be had to do with becoming a dad—from what I recall—was Read more [...]

The Spiritual Life is Not a Life of Quiet Withdrawal

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The spiritual life is not a life of quiet withdrawal, a hothouse growth of artificial ascetic practices beyond the reach of people living ordinary lives. It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can Read more [...]

Jesus and John Wayne

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

At the top of the hoodoo next to my writing desk, the Leaning Tower of Pisa column of books, I recently made it to a book that has been out since 2020 that I've wanted to read—as much as one can desire to read such disturbing news—Kristin Du Mez' Read more [...]

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