Martin Luther King and Our Single Garment of Destiny

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. I call the main character in Jesus' story below, Bigger Barnes. Bigger Barnes lives with the all too common assumption that bigger is better. And so he spends his days Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: This is not going to be your usual funeral homily, but Archbishop Hunthausen was not your usual bishop, was he? And I know: a homily is supposed to break open the scriptures and shed light on them. But Archbishop Hunthausen’s Read more [...]

We Remember — MLK, Jr.

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) We remember that fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, drum major for justice, follower of the Prince of Peace, martyr for rooting out racism as a gardener for God, and prophet of non-violence, was assassinated Read more [...]

A Radical Love

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Daniel J. Miller

Some years ago I watched a made-for-TV movie that I found provocative. Called Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women, each story had its own separate title. The first story “Mamusha,” starred Elizabeth Perkins as Gertruda Babilinska, a Catholic housekeeper Read more [...]

Come, O Freedom, Come, O Death

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

“EMBRACING LIFE, ENGAGING DEATH” A Preface I was planning on sending you Part IV of the initial H&H reflections today but I’d like to take a temporary (though related) detour, especially given today is the Feast of All Saints and tomorrow, Read more [...]

We Remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

♫Let us turn our thoughts today To Martin Luther King And recognize that there are ties between us All men and women Living on the earth Ties of love and hope Sister and brotherhood That we are bound together In our desire to see the world Read more [...]

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