Words Spoken, Lessons Learned

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A few days ago I discovered a box in the garage that contained a red three-ring binder. It contained five of the first homilies I ever preached. I offered them at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, a small parish in a small town that billed itself as the Gateway Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The survival of the planet Earth in its integral reality is, it seems to me, the basic issue that confronts us here. In some basic sense, the human project and the Earth project are a single project. There is no way in which the Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The best way to remember those who have been killed in battle is to work for the day when others will no longer be sent to take their place. Prayerfully reflecting on how to move away from war and war preparation should be central Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

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There are no unsacred places;
there are only sacred places and desecrated places.

~ Wendell Berry

For Mothering Love

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

In gratitude for mothering love offered by women who have birthed, nurtured, and sustained life whether in the physical offspring of children cared for and encouraged or in the progeny of integrity, kindness, creativity, and compassion. In Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I don’t know Who—or what—put the question, I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone—or Something—and from that Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Resurrection is not a consoling opium, soothing us with the promise of a better world in the hereafter. It is the energy for a rebirth of this life. The hope doesn’t point to another world. It is focused on the redemption of Read more [...]

Easter Sunday– for Joy!

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

I thank you God for most this amazing i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything which Read more [...]

Wednesday of Holy Week

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

As a way of preparing to enter more fully into Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday) which begins tomorrow, I invite you to take a look at this reflection: Triduum: The Story of Our Life in God from Holy Week of 2014. Read more [...]

Tuesday of Holy Week – Can You Hear the Alleluia Ripening?

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

As the rhapsody of Springtime awakens the wildflowers from their sleep in the foothills by my home in a rare profusion of flower power, we turn the corner from the season of Lent toward our High Holy Days beginning Thursday Evening and culminating in Read more [...]

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Words Spoken, Lessons Learned

Life-Line

Life-Line

Life-Line

For Mothering Love

Life-Line

Life-Line

Easter Sunday– for Joy!

Wednesday of Holy Week

Tuesday of Holy Week – Can You Hear the Alleluia Ripening?