Sister Mahala on the Weary Pilgrim and the Man at the Door

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Sister Mahala told this little story: Once, while on pilgrimage, at the end of a long hot day, a wind-worn sun-tired woman knocked on a stranger's door. A man answered and said, “Well, hello. Who are you?” The woman spoke softly Read more [...]

Brother Weeps and the Secretary of State

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Brother Weeps once told us the following story. He began: “One evening, many years ago, I was watching the evening news. They did a short segment on the United States’ Secretary of State who was returning to Washington, D.C. after a weeks-long Read more [...]

The Anointing

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

This was originally posted two years ago. For some reason it tugged on my sleeve today, got my attention, and asked if maybe it could get yours as well. I said okay. MANY YEARS AGO, when I was in my mid-twenties, I drove once a week from Princeton, Read more [...]

Brother Weeps Teaches How to Argue

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

“Brother Weeps, someone told us that you know a holy way to argue. Is this true?” asked a novice. The brother chuckled. “I suppose it is, yes," he said. "Would you teach us?" "I learned it from listening to my granda and his life-long Read more [...]

Dare to Be Bread

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

If we find our story in the stories of scripture, in the stories of Jesus, in the stories of the first Christians called people of the way, and if we hear of the time two disciples of Jesus on their way to Emmaus run into perhaps the only person within Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 12/18/18

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

A Native American Creation Story In the Beginning, the Great Spirit gave a box to all the animals. The box was painted with many sacred signs and symbols. Inside the box was a gift. As the animals opened their boxes, all of creation tumbled out. Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 11/27/18

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Recently I was thumbing through an old notebook of mine that included, among other tidbits, a list of stories that I had used in homilies twenty-five years ago. The story that follows caught my eye, maybe because when I was growing up one of our family Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 10/30/18

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s health was diminishing. He grew more forgetful and frail each day. His hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, his balance was unreliable, and Read more [...]

TUESDAY WITH STORY – 10/16/18

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

A few weeks ago we celebrated the feast of St. Francis so I thought I'd offer this famous tale about St. Francis and the wolf of Gubbio. I have enjoyed telling this story for years to children whose eyes grew big as I recounted the encounter between Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 10/8/18

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Here's my telling of a famous Zen story There once was a man who was wandering in a grassland region. Some ways off, he saw a tiger and the tiger saw him. Both stood motionless staring at the other. Suddenly, the tiger bolted toward the man who started Read more [...]

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