Advent 2016: The Reason for the Seasons

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Christians would do well to stop blaming the big, bad secular culture for the bastardization of Christmas and to retire the accusatory, catchy slogans. Instead, we are heralded, as we always have been heralded, to prepare the inn of our hearts and Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation. ~ Madeleine L'Engle Read more [...]

Advent Prayer III

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Advent Blessings to you. Click here for a prayer for the third week of Advent. Read more [...]

Remembering Merton

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors Read more [...]

Advent: Paying Attention to the Middle Child

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

continued-- True Hope is nobody’s fool. It is fierce, neither for the faint of heart nor for those infatuated with fantasy. It’s a conscious choice, a deliberate way of being in the world while facing the uncertainties and tragedies and dark Read more [...]

Advent: Longing for the Light

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

continued-- We're still reflecting on Advent/Christmas and how to celebrate responsibly. "Advent is a season of dwelling in darkness – AND a season of intense yearning, a time of waiting, hoping, and longing for the light. Longing (or yearning) Read more [...]

Advent: Going Dark

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

continued-- "In a dark time, the eye begins to see." ~ Theodore Roethke In the long nights of the year, the world loiters in darkness. So too, during this season of Advent we are invited to dwell consciously and fully in the dark. It is counter-intuitive, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.* ~ Julian of Norwich *Note Well -- The spirit of Julian's famous line is not passivity or Pollyannaish do-nothingism but rather deep, abiding, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: "I will be so glad when this is finally over." ~ Every sane citizen in America Read more [...]

This Just In: God Is a Cubs Fan

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Thursday, November 3, 2016 A Divine-Human Dispatch This just in -- much to the chagrin and embarrassment of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens (God rest his soul), and minor leaguers Bill Maher and Penn Read more [...]

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Advent 2016: The Reason for the Seasons

Life-Line

Advent Prayer III

Remembering Merton

Advent: Paying Attention to the Middle Child

Advent: Longing for the Light

Advent: Going Dark

Life-Line

Life-Line

This Just In: God Is a Cubs Fan