We Can Be

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

One of the best pieces of advice that I can give to preachers is to preach as if YOU were sitting in the front pew. That simple counsel is meant to prevent preaching from getting preachy. It reminds the homilist that he or she is not up there preaching Read more [...]

Another Name for Grace—Gravy

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

As the tall story laid out horizontally goes, the prophet Abraham lived until the over-ripe age of one hundred and seventy-five. Heck, he didn't even start a family until he was ninety-nine (and they call Gretzky "The Great One." Ha!). We thought his Read more [...]

From Complacency to Courage

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

As the world knows, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, was detained this past week in Tehran, Iran by the "morality police" for allegedly wearing her hijab too loosely in violation of strictures demanding women in public wear the Islamic headscarves. Read more [...]

In Memoriam

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The photo above with me and the dog (the dog is on the right) is from my 1977 post-college hitchhiking trip around the US of A to the tune of 17,000 miles with JT as the soundtrack—"Take to the highway won't you lend me your name. . . " Way more Read more [...]

The Coming of Your Bones

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Yesterday, I posted a reflection on compassion which I believe is a constitutive element of any authentic spirituality. I told a story about when I was in college and on the receiving end of a simple but profound act of compassionate presence. At Read more [...]

‘Tis a Fearful Thing to Love

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

‘Tis a fearful thing to love what death can touch. A fearful thing to love, to hope, to dream, to be ― to be, and oh, to lose. A thing for fools, this, and a holy thing, a holy thing to love. For your life has lived in me, your laugh Read more [...]

Faith and Comedy ~ A Life-Line

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

When I write and teach and give talks on the spiritual life, I always say I am speaking from my Catholic Christian heritage and perspective, but that I take wisdom anywhere I can get it. Today the wisdom comes from late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert. One Read more [...]

Brother Weeps on Fake Flowers

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Isaiah 40:8 At Holy Mess & Mystery Monastery, two novices each week are responsible for making sure there are fresh flowers in all the vases in the church: Read more [...]

“I Was Wondering if You— “

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

We’re all just walking each other home. ~ Ram Dass I have never been anywhere but sick. In a sense sickness is a place more instructive than a long trip to Europe, and it’s always a place where nobody can follow. Sickness before death is Read more [...]

Learning to Deal with Death

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Friday of the Third Week of Easter Today's Life-Line is: Easter? We focus more on dying than on death. How we deal with dying is more important to us than how we conquer death. [...] Learning to deal with dying, however, does not yet mean we Read more [...]

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