Lectio Poetica No. 11 When I Was the Forest

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

For a write-up on Lectio Poetica click HERE. When I Was the Forest When I was the stream, when I was the forest, when I was still the field, when I was every hoof, foot, fin and wing, when I was the sky itself, no one ever asked me Read more [...]

My Sunday Mo(u)rning Rant*

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Experience shows humans tend to care for what we know and love, those we know and love. So the summons to life, the summons from and for life, the summons for survival -- no longer ours, but that of our children and grandchildren and the well-being Read more [...]

All Creation is Waiting

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

ADVENT is a Time of Waiting and all creation, not merely humans, wait and yearn for the day when shalom and shalem embrace and together become the stillness within the song and the song within the stillness that bring healing and jubilation at last to Read more [...]

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today, we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The ecumenical community has chosen Jubilee for this year's theme. Unbeknownst to many, Pope Francis officially put this day on the Catholic liturgical calendar in 2019. Begun in Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Nothing that exists is an island unto itself… everything that holds membership in the world is an element of a seamless garment -- the "ragged edges” of every individual reality splay off into those of another, and the Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well for we will not fight to save what we do not love. ~ Stephen J. Gould Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: [The neglect of the Earth and the neglect of the poor] go together. And if today you ask me: “For you, who is the poorest of the poorest of the poor?” I would say, “Mother Earth! We have plundered her! We have abused her!” ~ Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I'd seen a great many partial eclipses, but a partial eclipse has the same relation to a total eclipse as flirting with a man does to marrying him. It's completely different. ~ Annie Dillard Read more [...]

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Category Archives: Creation

Lectio Poetica No. 11 When I Was the Forest

My Sunday Mo(u)rning Rant*

All Creation is Waiting

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Life-Line

Life-Line

Life-Line

Life-Line