TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 8/21/18

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

This story is tucked into an interview with the late American poet Stanley Kunitz. Kunitz has just referred to writing as “an act of transformation, that magical performance.” INTERVIEWER “Frost talks about the poet, or himself rather, as a Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 5/22/18

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

The Prisoner and the Potato Tosser Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.~ Dalai Lama XIV In 2009, John J. McNeill psychotherapist, theologian, and Catholic priest received New Ways Ministry’s Read more [...]

We Remember — MLK, Jr.

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) We remember that fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, drum major for justice, follower of the Prince of Peace, martyr for rooting out racism as a gardener for God, and prophet of non-violence, was assassinated Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 3/6/18

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

"And who is my neighbor?" (Luke 10:29) "There was once an ordinary woman who lived in a small town near Modesto, California. She was not famous, powerful or influential. I do not know her name. I was told this true story about her. She was the kind Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage: Anger at the way things are, And courage to see that they do not remain the way they are. ~ St. Augustine P.S. You may have noticed, as of late, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. ~ G. K. Chesterton Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Kindness

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Kindness [kahynd-nis] “What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver “The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

When the Nazis came to get the Communists, I was silent, because I was not a Communist. When they came to get the Socialists, I was silent. When they came to get the Catholics, I was silent. When they came to get the Jews, I was silent. And when they Read more [...]

The Courage to Meet the Dragon

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

“The basic instruction is simple: Start taking off that armor.” ~ Pema Chödrön Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels Earlier I wrote about the late Catholic theologian John Dunne’s method of “passing over” as a form of religious thought Read more [...]

Embracing Life, Engaging Death: Part III

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

“. . . beyond all evil is the compassion of God.” ~ Abraham Heschel “Granted, darkness, chaos, death and hell do appear, but not for a moment are they allowed to prevail …. What occurs in Mozart is rather a glorious upsetting of the balance, Read more [...]

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Tag Archives: Courage

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 8/21/18

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 5/22/18

We Remember — MLK, Jr.

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 3/6/18

Life-Line

Life-Line

A Word to the Wise — Kindness

Life-Line

The Courage to Meet the Dragon

Embracing Life, Engaging Death: Part III