It Is So Embarrassing to Live

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

~ continued from the previous two posts "To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. Read more [...]

Prayer – Regaining a Sense of the Mystery

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: "I'm a soul in wonder." ~ Van Morrison Here are some comments on yesterday's quote by Abraham Heschel. If you haven't read the previous post or quote, I recommend you do so before reading today's reflection. Just click "Previous" Read more [...]

Only One Response Can Maintain Us

Posted on July 14, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Years ago the magazine Christian Century used to a have a one page feature that I enjoyed. For each issue an invited theologian was asked to choose a favorite poem which was displayed followed by a statement of maybe a hundred or hundred-fifty words Read more [...]

The Prayer of a Heart Detached

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

What is the prayer of a heart grown calm in the peace of God? From such a purity one no longer prays as we are wont to pray. From such a purity one is free from asking any further gift of God, and is free also from asking that anything be taken Read more [...]

A Prayer for the Day ♣

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Christ within me, Christ beside me, Christ behind me, Christ to guide me. Christ above me, Christ beneath me, Christ in eyes of all who greet me Christ in rising, Christ in sleeping, Christ in silence, Christ in speaking. Christ in safety, Read more [...]

Re-Lenting

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

For your prayerful meditation on the three practices of Lent I invite you to read the quotes below in the spirit of Lectio divina: notice what word, phrase, or line catch your attention, tug at your heart, speak to you. Take a few minutes to ruminate Read more [...]

A Prayer by Howard Thurman

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

"Saying prayers" has gotten a lot of bad press over the last five decades from those who presume incorrectly that extemporaneous prayers are more personal, heartfelt, better, or more pleasing to God than memorized prayers. Maybe, maybe not. Sometimes, Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 7

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Mindful Every day I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me like a needle in the haystack of light. It was what I was born for-- to look, to listen, to lose myself inside this soft world-- to instruct Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: How can you define prayer, except by saying that it is love? It is love expressed in speech, and love expressed in silence. To put it another way, prayer is the meeting of two loves: the love of God and our love. That’s all Read more [...]

TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 9/11/18

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

NOTE WELL: The following essay by the late Brian Doyle is considered by many to be the most moving piece of writing about 9/11. That being said, it may be upsetting for some readers. Kyrie eleison. LEAP A couple leaped from the south tower, hand Read more [...]

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