Just Wondering

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

[Humankind] will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation. The beginning of our happiness lies in understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a will to wonder. ~ Read more [...]

Sister Mahala Gives a Word (two, in fact) of Life

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A seeker walked a long distance to ask the guidance of Sister Mahala whom many called Amma Mahala. When he met her, in the fashion of pilgrims seeking out the abbas and ammas in the desert of Egypt in the 3rd century, he bowed his head once in a reverent Read more [...]

What to Do with Wonder

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Here is a Life-Line worth taking hold of: The beginning of faith is not a feeling for the mystery of living or a sense of awe, wonder or fear. The root of religion is the question what to do with the feeling for the mystery of living, what to do with Read more [...]

The Aah of Awe

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

ARTWORK: Content by Kathy Conzelman. Used with the artist's permission. See Kathy's work here. Read more [...]

It Is So Embarrassing to Live

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

~ continued from the previous two posts "To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: There may be times when, unprepared, we are struck with wonder, yet it is up to us to keep the spirit of wonder alive. Like love, wonder is both an effortless happening and the result of constant effort. We fall in love and Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/26/18

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

In the town of Mill Valley in Northern California there lives an Irish poet. His name is Raymond. Sister Dolores McGuire met him one day as she walked across the plaza there, where he converses with the people as they sit, stand, or simply pass by. Raymond Read more [...]

The More I Wonder ~ A Life-Line

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big Read more [...]

Wonder and the Antiphonal Nature of Life

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A Reflection in Three Parts Part Three I’m a soul in wonder. ~ Van Morrison In the place where wonder comes from, there I find you. ~ Bruce Cockburn Out of the mouth of babes. ~ Some former babe Every person, every couple, every family Read more [...]

Awe and Intimations of the Divine

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

A Reflection in Three Parts Part One The heavens are telling the glory of God. ~ Ps. 19:1 The world is charged with the grandeur of God ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins Awe is an intuition for the dignity Read more [...]

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