Sister Mahala on the Fool and the Sage

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A LENTEN REFLECTION ~ 13 A young woman asked Sister Mahala, “Sister, what is the difference between a fool and a wise person?” Sister Mahala briefly considered the question, then said, “The foolish person spends her life trying to fill Read more [...]

A Disturbing Blessing

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that we may live from deep within our hearts. May God bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of God's creations so that we may Read more [...]

The Madness of March, the Audacity of April

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Daniel J. Miller

"There is no resurrection that is not the resurrection of love" ~ Dan Miller The Madness of March, the Audacity of April In the culture, at least the American sporting culture, these past two or three weeks and this week especially are considered Read more [...]

Holy Foolishness: Taking an Interest in the Not Me

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Yesterday I suggested the primary folly was the folly of God as revealed in the original creative act. As an action of freedom, it was oriented toward and done on behalf of the other. I also proposed that, for Christians, Jesus is the embodiment of this Read more [...]

Tzimtzum: The First Folly of God

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Whatever your personal cosmogony, the Jewish-Christian scriptures place great emphasis on the idea of creation. Literate Jews, Catholics, and main-line Protestants have little time or patience for the repartee between rigid fundamentalist Christians and Read more [...]

Two Poems for Easter

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Hi Everyone: I am enclosing two poems, one introduced to me by my brother Kevin by Jim Harrison, and the other the Wendell Berry poem that ends with the provocative two word imperative that is our theme for this year in The Human & the Holy. Each Read more [...]

Good Friday: Back to the Future

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

GOOD FRIDAY If there is any danger during the Triduum (three days) it is merely the accentuated danger Christians face any other time of their lives: to reduce faith to an exercise of “remember when." The risk is to reduce the life of faith to nothing Read more [...]

The Foolishness of Love

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

HOLY THURSDAY In her book O Pioneers! Willa Cather the Nebraskan novelist and chronicler of pioneering life in 20th century America has one of her characters say this: "There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves Read more [...]

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