Brother Weeps on Friendship

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

If [one] part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:26 Brother Weeps once said, "There are two qualities that are at the heart of any deep friendship. One is compassion. Not Read more [...]

Winter Snow Song

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

I love the music of Advent and Christmas, especially the religious or sacred carols like Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, Silent Night, and O Holy Night. Below is a more contemporary Read more [...]

Rugged Individualists or Mutually Enhancing Participants?

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Not for ourselves alone are we born. ~ Cicero No one becomes human, no one becomes oneself by oneself. None of us become who we have been created by God to be without others. Becoming human, let alone becoming oneself, involves and requires human connection, Read more [...]

Christmas 2022 ~ To Be or Not to Be—Involved

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

And the word became flesh and dwelt among us as one of us. After arduous and diligent digs for the past twenty-five years at Mount Precipice, or Mount of the Leap, in the southern outskirts of Nazareth, overlooking the Jezre'el Valley, archeologists Read more [...]

ADVENT—ure No. 4

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

WANTED: Couriers of Love These days, with marketing insisting on playing top dog, authors are lucky if the books they write bear the names they choose. The books of Abraham Heschel, my spiritual guide and second favorite Rabbi, however, were written Read more [...]

ADVENT—ure No. 3

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Especially for parents and grandparents of little ones and adults who have forgotten how and why to jump. Preparing to Jump for Joy Many worlds ago, I used to work as a pastoral associate at a Catholic Church. From time to time our youth minister Read more [...]

ADVENT—ure No. 2 (2022)

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Be still and know that I am God. ~ Psalm 46:10 Advent: the time to listen for footsteps – you can’t hear footsteps when you’re running yourself. ~ Bill McKibben It is the nature of each and all metaphors to work and not work. When we said Read more [...]

ADVENT—ure No. 1 (2022)

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The moment is sovereign. The instant supreme. Two things to keep in mind and heart. Two things to re-member yourself to: One: Don't just be here. Be present here. Two: Be present and Stay out of the way. ~djmiller, tuesday, the first week Read more [...]

We Are Tethered / Spirit is Free / What Spirit Is / We Can Be

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

One of the best pieces of advice that I can give to preachers is to preach as if YOU were sitting in the front pew. That simple counsel is meant to prevent preaching from getting preachy. It reminds the homilist that he or she is not up there preaching Read more [...]

Another Name for Grace—Gravy

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

As the tall story laid out horizontally goes, the prophet Abraham lived until the over-ripe age of one hundred and seventy-five. Heck, he didn't even start a family until he was ninety-nine (and they call Gretzky "The Great One." Ha!). We thought his Read more [...]

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