I Was a Stranger and You Wel–?

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

When an alien resides with you in your land, do not mistreat such a one. ~ Leviticus 19: 33 Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels. ~ Hebrews 13: 2 Swiss theologian Karl Barth (1886 - 1968) was one of Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 7/24/18

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

As I posted yesterday, retired Seattle Archbishop Raymond “Dutch” Hunthausen died this past Sunday. He led the Catholic archdiocese of Seattle from 1975 - 1991. From the moment I met him, I found him to be impressive. He was the least power-driven Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: It is a sad day for our country when we trade the majestic, hope-filled symbolism of the Statue of Liberty for an ineffective and grotesque wall which both displays and inflames the ethnic and cultural divisions that have long Read more [...]

If You Want — A Poem for Christmas Eve

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

If you want the Virgin will come walking down the road pregnant with the holy, and say, “I need shelter for the night, please take me inside your heart, my time is so close.” Then, Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Our greatest privilege is also our greatest responsibility. Not only to seek and to find the treasure hidden in the field but to uncover and reveal all those other places where the Divine is hiding in our midst and longing Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Into this world, this demented inn, in which there is absolutely no room for him at all, Christ comes uninvited. But because he cannot be at home in it, because he is out of place in it, and yet he must be in it, his place is Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Treat everyone you meet like God in drag. ~ Ram Dass 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 [...]

Simplicity: The Art and Practice of Making Room

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Daniel J. Miller

I have been thinking about this month’s theme – practicing silence and simplicity – in light of Advent. The silence that is necessary for a listening heart is what allowed Mary not only to hear but to embrace and hold dear the truth of the blessed Read more [...]

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I Was a Stranger and You Wel–?

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 7/24/18

Life-Line

If You Want — A Poem for Christmas Eve

Life-Line

Life-Line

Life-Line

Holy Foolishness: Taking an Interest in the Not Me

Simplicity: The Art and Practice of Making Room