Come, O Freedom, Come, O Death ~ Back Copy

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

"Come! Death. I trust you as much as I have trusted life. Now come and sweep me into your mystery" ~ Sr. Jeanette Wasinger ~ A Catholic sister learns she has stage 4 lung cancer, inspires me with her faith-filled response to it, blesses me with Read more [...]

Celebrating the Beatituding Friends of God

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

TODAY is the Feast of All Saints. The gospel reading on this Feast Day is fixed. Every year it is the same passage: Matthew 5: 1-12a -- The Beatitudes. In 2008-2009, The Human & the Holy (H&H) community spent the better part of a year studying Read more [...]

Musica Memento 3

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love kindly, and to walk humbly with your God. ~ Micah 6:8 The vision, essence, and life pattern that characterize what it means to be a Christian are perhaps most succinctly and clearly Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 2

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

The Bright Field by R. S. Thomas I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way and forgotten it. But that was the pearl of great price, the one field that had treasure in it. I realise now that I Read more [...]

Consecrating the Common Deed ~ A Life-Line

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

An authentic spirituality, whatever the religious tradition, is manifested less in the heroic, dramatic, or sensational feat than in the ongoing consecration of the present moment, the common deed, the simple gesture, the considerate thought, the brief Read more [...]

Snoopy Wisdom

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

I hope some dog somewhere is also writing a book on politics by the same title. Artwork: Charles Schulz, Peanuts Read more [...]

Racism & Justice ~ Life-Lines

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-LineS: Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. ~ The prophet Amos 5:24 Race prejudice, a universal human ailment, is the most recalcitrant aspect of the evil in man. ~ Reinhold Read more [...]

The Saga of the Shopping Cart ~ Life-Line

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: There’s something about taking the cart back instead of leaving it in the parking lot…It’s significant…Because somebody has to take them in…And if you know that, and you do it for that one guy, you do something else. Read more [...]

If We Really Saw War ~ A Life-Line

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: If we really saw war, what war does to young minds and bodies, it would be impossible to embrace the myth of war. If we had to stand over the mangled corpses of schoolchildren killed in Afghanistan and listen to the wails of their Read more [...]

For the Sake of Future Generations ~ A Life-Line

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is an excerpt from: ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS . . . ON THE THEME: ENERGY TRANSITION AND CARE OF OUR COMMON HOUSE Friday, June 14, 2019 In the face of a climatic emergency, we must take appropriate measures, in order Read more [...]

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