The Coming of Christmas and the Birth of the Rebel Jesus

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

rebel [noun, adjective reb-uhl; verb ri-bel ] a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of their country. Except in Jesus' case, it was adamantly an insurrection without arms. Read more [...]

Why I Do What I Do — An Advent Reflection

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

E-mman-u-el [ ih-man-yoo-uhl ] from Hebrew ʿimmānū'ēl “God is with us” I was listening the other day to an interview with Chris Herren who is in his mid-forties. He’s a humble, insightful, and articulate man. And he’s doing such Read more [...]

Easter 2023 in Poetry & Song

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

Friends of The Sacred Braid and readers of THE ALMOND TREE, the author of the Song of Songs writes: "See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come." And the song of spring we sing is Read more [...]

Hidden Treasure & Reeling Joy

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Daniel J. Miller

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. ~ Mt. 13:44 Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear Read more [...]

ADVENT—ure No. 3

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Especially for parents and grandparents of little ones and adults who have forgotten how and why to jump. Preparing to Jump for Joy Many worlds ago, I used to work as a pastoral associate at a Catholic Church. From time to time our youth minister 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 [...]

Brother Weeps and the Do-Si-Do

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Advice Someone dancing inside us learned only a few steps: the "Do-Your-Work" in 4/4 time. the "What-Do-You-Expect" waltz. He hasn't noticed yet the woman standing away from the lamp, the one with dark eyes who knows the rhumba and strange Read more [...]

Jesus and John Wayne

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

At the top of the hoodoo next to my writing desk, the Leaning Tower of Pisa column of books, I recently made it to a book that has been out since 2020 that I've wanted to read—as much as one can desire to read such disturbing news—Kristin Du Mez' Read more [...]

THE DREAM TEAM: My Starting Five ~ 4. Compassion

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

Suppose your spiritual life was a ball team. Who would be your starting five? Remember this: All suffering comes to an end. And whatever you suffer authentically, God has suffered it first. ~ Meister Eckhart The love of our neighbor in all its Read more [...]

There is Only Life

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Daniel J. Miller

The mystic feels no need to use the adjective spiritual to modify life. ~ Dan Miller Let's be clear. There is no such self-contained entity called the spiritual life. There is only life—lived either spiritually or otherwise, that is, as animated Read more [...]

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