Paul Farmer: What a Christian Looks Like

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

In 2016, I wrote an article for the Irish journal Spirituality titled "What a Christian Looks Like." It was a tribute to the Jesuit priest, poet, activist Daniel Berrigan (If you are interested, it can be found here). Below is the link for a good article Read more [...]

Being Alive to the Aliveness of God

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

If we want to be spiritual, then, let us first of all live our lives. . . Let us embrace reality. ~ Thomas Merton Nineteenth century American poet Emily Dickinson famously wrote "Tell the truth/ but tell it slant." These days, from where I'm sitting, Read more [...]

In Other Words ~ Kenneth Leech 3

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

The life of prayer must never be separated from the struggles of humanity. The spiritual life is not a way of tranquilizing oneself against the anguish of the world. ~ Kenneth Leech Selby1 . . . has identified a phenomenon in spirituality Read more [...]

Rachel Held Evans R.I.P. ~ A Life-Line

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

SAD NEWS came out yesterday. Rachel Held Evans died early Saturday morning, May 4, 2019. She was 37 years old, happily married to husband Dan with whom she had two young sons. A gifted writer, she was a New York Times best-selling author, a sought Read more [...]

An Intimate and Necessary Connection

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Those who have no flame in their hearts for justice, no consciousness of responsibility for the reign of God, no raging commitment to human community may indeed be seeking God. But make no mistake, God is still, at best, only an idea to them, Read more [...]

Embracing Life, Engaging Death: Part IV

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

Religion Right and Religion Lite If we are honest, we must admit that the blessed tension is not only counter-cultural to what is promoted, celebrated, and rewarded in 21st century American society, but also to the modus operandi of what frequently Read more [...]

Litmus Test: Enlivening & Loving

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly, ~ John 10:10 Religion fails, at the personal, ecclesial, social, and cosmic level, whenever it fails to cultivate, encourage, and engender among its practitioners life and love. Certainly from Read more [...]

Prayer Engages Us in Reality

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

I have always agreed with the Anglican priest and theologian Kenneth Leech who writes that an authentic spirituality is one that necessarily points people in the direction of reality and equips them in some way to move consciously and faithfully in that Read more [...]

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