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 [...]

Where Sacredness Makes a Home — A Life-Line

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: To speak of spirituality is to speak of that meeting of eternity with time, of heaven with earth; it is to recover a sense of the holiness of matter, the sacredness of this world of space and time when it is known as the place of 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 [...]

In Other Words ~ Kenneth Leech 2

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

~ We are formed through Struggle ~ 1Spiritual maturity does not occur as a result of the accumulation of skills and techniques, but as a result of our being opened up to, and confronted by, realities which disturb and transform us: the reality of the Read more [...]

In Other Words ~ Kenneth Leech 1

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

When I was in graduate school studying theology et al, one of my professors gave us a bit of good counsel that I have never forgotten. He said find as your teacher, guide, and companion someone who is wise enough and has written enough that you can Read more [...]

Choosing to Sow Seeds of Love

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life Line is: Christian spirituality involves the conscious, intentional, immediate, and ongoing choice to incarnate love in the face of our own contingency and certain, imminent death. In other words, in the full awareness of the fragility Read more [...]

Note(s) to Self

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

and now I guess notes to you as well (for what they're worth). ~ TELL Story of grade schoolers writing to Dorothy Day asking her how she could see Christ in the destitute of NY City and her answer: It is an act of faith, constantly repeated. It is Read more [...]

Attuned to the Rhythm of Lent

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

“There is no movement without rhythm” On a busy street near my home there is a single-level building containing two businesses that share a common wall. One is a donut shop. Next door is a weight loss clinic. Like the storefront shops, the days Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Christian spirituality, that is, living the Christ-life, involves the conscious, intentional, immediate, and ongoing choice to incarnate love wherever we are, in the full awareness of our own contingency and imminent death. ~ Read more [...]

Everyday Spirituality: Finding God in All Things

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Context: This past Sunday the spiritual formation community I lead gathered. Our theme was "In the Chapel of Eggs: Prayer and Daily Living." Yesterday I sent H&H members a brief reflection on fixed-hour prayer that is most visibly seen in the intentional Read more [...]

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