Life-Line

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today’s Life-Line is: At the end of a talk he was giving as part of a 100th anniversary celebration of a synagogue, Elie Wiesel was asked a final question by one of the teenagers in attendance. The young person asked the guest speaker if he could Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today’s Life-Line is: Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive. ~ Howard Thurman Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: All persons* should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. ~ James Thurber * I have made this quote inclusive. Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today’s Life-Line is: Beautiful people do not just happen. ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Read more [...]

The Fourth and Fifth Aspects of Love

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Daniel J. Miller

On the Human Person “The fourth aspect of love is celebration,” writes Vanier. “It is not enough to reveal to people their value, to understand and care for them. To love people is also to celebrate them. . . . [E]very child, every person, needs Read more [...]

The Second and Third Aspects of Love

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Daniel J. Miller

On the Human Person The second aspect of love according to what Vanier has learned living in L’Arche communities, is the call to understand. The world often seems saturated with judgment and seriously lacking in understanding. What’s worse is that Read more [...]

Our Real Vocation: Becoming Human

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

“Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny.” ~ Thomas Merton As most of you know, next to Jesus, Abraham Heschel is my Rabbi of choice and much of that Read more [...]

Bringing Our Blooming Gift

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent, Year B (Isaiah 55:10-11; Matthew 6:7-15) Yesterday I failed to mention that the gospel that was selected to accompany the reading from Leviticus 19 on being holy was the famous but frequently side-stepped passage from Read more [...]

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Category Archives: Becoming Human

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The Fourth and Fifth Aspects of Love

The Second and Third Aspects of Love

Our Real Vocation: Becoming Human

Bringing Our Blooming Gift