Life-Line

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: God has always been coming. . . God is always coming because God is life, and life has the unbridled force of creation. God comes because God is light, and light may not remain hidden. God comes because God is love, and Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/19/18

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Once upon a time some disciples begged their old and ailing master not to die. "But if I do not go, how will you ever see?" the Master said to them. "What is it we can possibly see when you are gone?" one of them asked. With a twinkle in his eye, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the hidden and holy heart of it because in the Read more [...]

Seasons for Beholding

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Given that we are just days from the turn from the season of Advent to the season of Christmas, let’s give way to wonder since these seasons, in addition to the feast of Epiphany, are perhaps best entered into by understanding prayer as the art and Read more [...]

Contemplative Engagement: A Sensuous Practice

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

The heavens above southern California opened up and saturated the earth last night. It was as if overnight the hills above my home had been injected with celestial steroids (celestial but natural, of course). On my morning hike, everything was greener, Read more [...]

Prayer as Beholding

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Daniel J. Miller

So we (H&H) make the transition from a month of focusing on practicing silence and simplicity to a month of practicing prayer. This transition should not be the least bit jarring as silence and simplicity are intimately related and indispensable to Read more [...]

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Life-Line

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/19/18

Life-Line

Seasons for Beholding

Contemplative Engagement: A Sensuous Practice

Prayer as Beholding