Sister Mahala on Defending the Faith, Blackberry Bushes, and Other Murmurations

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A rather zealous young man asked Sister Mahala, “What is the best way to defend the faith?” “To defend the faith or to defend yourself?” said Sister Mahala. The young man blushed, then replied, “To defend the faith.” Sister Mahala said, Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 7 ~ Earth Day Poem

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places. ~ Wendell Berry There are three aspects of nature which command humankind's attention: power, loveliness, grandeur. Power we exploit, loveliness we enjoy, grandeur Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 4

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Zero Circle Be helpless, dumbfounded, Unable to say yes or no. Then a stretcher will come from grace to gather us up. We are all too dull-eyed to see that beauty. If we say we can, we're lying. If we say No, we don't see it, That No will behead Read more [...]

Wise Counsel from Camus

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

A Life-Line As the great French writer Albert Camus once suggested, there is in the world beauty, and there are the humiliated, and we must strive, hard as it is, not to be unfaithful either to the one or to the other. ~ William Sloane Coffin Read more [...]

Rainer Maria Rilke ~ A Life-Line

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

GO TO THE LIMITS OF YOUR LONGING By Rainer Maria Rilke God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody Read more [...]

Musica Memento 2

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Forty-five years ago or so, my brother introduced me to the music of Judee Sill. If there is a choir of angels in heaven, certainly Judee Sill is in it. Her angelic, at times haunting, always evocative voice is matched by the power, precision, and pathos 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 March 25, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The German philosopher Martin Heidegger described in his writings an intimate relationship between thinking and thanking. To think is to be aware of all that exists; it is to be thoughtful. To be thoughtful is to be thankful, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find. ~ Terry Tempest Williams Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: I was taught that I had to ‘master’ subjects. But who can ‘master’ beauty, or peace, or joy? ~ Kathleen Norris Read more [...]

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Sister Mahala on Defending the Faith, Blackberry Bushes, and Other Murmurations

Lectio Poetica No. 7 ~ Earth Day Poem

Lectio Poetica No. 4

Wise Counsel from Camus

Rainer Maria Rilke ~ A Life-Line

Musica Memento 2

It Is So Embarrassing to Live

Life-Line

Life-Line

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