Our Pure Capacity ~ A Life-Line

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Goodpeople, I came across these words this morning from the late Benedictine contemplative Macrina Wiederkehr. Such simple profundity. Each line invites prayerful pondering. ~djm Today's life-Line is: All too often we bemoan our imperfections rather Read more [...]

The Three eSSential S’ – A Life line

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: To return back into ourselves, there are three things needed, for which you don't require a computer, television or radio: the first is a bit of stillness. Nothing can happen without a certain stillness. We also need silence. Read more [...]

I Am a Traveler, too. And You?

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Daniel J. Miller

What would it mean if we led with compassion? This is what I'm chewing on this weekend. By led I'm not referring to showing the way, guiding by example or escorting others. I'm talking about how we present ourselves, how we step out each morning, encounter Read more [...]

Living Faithfully in the Tension

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-line is: [A]s the great French writer Albert Camus once suggested, there is in the world beauty, and there are the humiliated, and we must strive, hard as it is, not to be unfaithful either to the one or to the other. ~William Sloan Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 6

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Wendell Berry's poem "The Peace of Wild Things" seems timely. For those of you who would like to use Berry's poem for prayerful reflection, I invite you first to read the description of Lectio Poetica HERE. The Peace of Wild Things When despair Read more [...]

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Our Pure Capacity ~ A Life-Line

The Three eSSential S’ – A Life line

I Am a Traveler, too. And You?

Living Faithfully in the Tension

Lectio Poetica No. 6