ADVENT—ure No. 4

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

WANTED: Couriers of Love These days, with marketing insisting on playing top dog, authors are lucky if the books they write bear the names they choose. The books of Abraham Heschel, my spiritual guide and second favorite Rabbi, however, were written Read more [...]

Dare to Be Bread

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

If we find our story in the stories of scripture, in the stories of Jesus, in the stories of the first Christians called people of the way, and if we hear of the time two disciples of Jesus on their way to Emmaus run into perhaps the only person within Read more [...]

Participating in the Liturgy of Life

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. ~ 1 Thess. 5: 16-18* Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” 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 [...]

Happy Meal or Risky Meal?

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Much as Baptism has lost almost all of its original sense of danger and risk evoked by references to drowning and the baptismal font being shaped like a coffin, womb, or cross, so too in many Christian communities the celebration of the Eucharist has Read more [...]

The Touch of Love — It Is Everything

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi (The Body of Christ). I have spoken and written a fair amount over the years about the Eucharist. My article “Listening to the Wind in the Wheat” says much though not all of what I believe is important about the Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Anamnesis

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Anamnesis [an-am-nee-sis] One of my favorite words is a Greek term. It is an important theological word used especially by Catholic Christians in reference to the Eucharist. But it seems to me that anamnesis might be a reconciling word where Christians Read more [...]

Spiritual Surrogacy: Your Presence is Required

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Daniel J. Miller

One of the paradoxical ways that God calls us into being is by inviting us to create a space within ourselves to be, like Mary, a Theotokos. In the Orthodox tradition Mary is especially exalted as Theotokos, that is, God-bearer. In a church, let alone Read more [...]

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