“A voice is heard in Ramah*, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” ~ Jeremiah 31:15

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The 11 mass deadly school shootings that happened in the U.S. since Columbine * Virginia Tech – April 16, 2007 – 32 victims Sandy Hook Elementary School – Dec. 14, 2012 – 26 victims Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – Feb. 14, 2018 Read more [...]

Musica Memento 11 ~ After Bob Dylan (and Jesus)

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

In light of the fact that it is Robert Zimmerman's 81st birthday in a few days (May 24), I thought I'd post one of my favorite covers of one of my favorite Dylan songs—"Girl from the North Country". Oscar Wilde recycled a proverb dating back to the Read more [...]

The Most Essential is Never Expressed ~ A Life-Line

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: What characterizes humans is not only our ability to develop words and symbols, but also our being compelled to draw a distinction between the utterable and the unutterable, to be stunned by that which is but cannot be put Read more [...]

The Deepest Bow to God is Awe

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Religion begins with the sense of the ineffable, with the awareness of a reality that discredits our wisdom, that shatters our concepts. It is the ineffable with which we must begin. ~ Abraham Heschel One reason I was drawn to Rabbi Abraham Heschel's Read more [...]

What We Breathe Out into the World Makes All the Difference

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

One drop continually dripped wears away even the strongest stone. Little strokes fell great oaks. No one comes out of their mother's womb hateful, racist, or evil. More and more I've come to believe that to be a Christ-one—or minimally, a person Read more [...]

There is Only Life

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The mystic feels no need to use the adjective spiritual to modify life. ~ Dan Miller Let's be clear. There is no such self-contained entity called the spiritual life. There is only life—lived either spiritually or otherwise, that is, as animated Read more [...]

Brother Weeps Asks Brother Po a Question

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The human face . . . is a synonym for the incarnation of uniqueness. ~ Abraham Heschel To see a face is already to hear ‘You shall not kill.’ Emmanuel Levinas Any human face is a claim on you, because you can’t help but understand the Read more [...]

Join the Conspiracy

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

"Let’s join together in the conspiracy of incarnated love by consecrating the common deed and practicing regular, not so randomacts of kindness." ~ Dan Miller (READ MORE ) ARTWORK: Act of Kindness, Frederica Murario ♣ GOODPEOPLE ♣ HOW ABOUT Read more [...]

Those Who Live by the Lie Will Die by the Lie ~ A Life-Line

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

A FALSE STATEMENT Our plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. We are not going to impose anything on anyone by force. ~ Vladimir Putin A TRUE STATEMENT I never said half the things I said. ~ Yogi Berra* A FALSE STATEMENT I Read more [...]

Easter ~ A New Beginning

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

We ask that streams of Easter light might flow into the intimacy and privacy of our hearts this morning, to heal us and encourage us and enable us to make again a new beginning. ~ John O'Donohue ⊕ ♥ ⊕ ♥ ⊕ ♥ ⊕ ♥ ⊕ ♥ ⊕ ♥ ⊕ Read more [...]

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