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 [...]

Trinity Prayer

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Blessing May the Source of Life enliven you. May the Divine Embrace encircle you. May the Holy Breath inspire you to love, compassion, and joy. Amen. © Daniel J. Miller, 2015. All Rights Reserved. Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Silence

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Silence [sahy-luh ns] I’ve been listening to the audio version of Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise. I’m also watching too many Presidential Primary debates. As a result -- This week’s word is silence.[1] It Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Antiphon

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Antiphon [an-tuh-fon] This week’s word is ANTIPHON. For a few years now I have been working on an acoustic theology that engenders an antiphonal spirituality, spirituality here meaning simply the enactment of one’s theology in the various spheres Read more [...]

Making Room

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Daniel J. Miller

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he Read more [...]

Gratefulness: Receiving Everything as Grace

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

No one comes out of their mother’s womb gratefully. Gratitude is something learned. Like all virtues and qualities that enhance wholehearted living, it is most effectively learned by consciously practicing it. The most profound wisdom learnings often Read more [...]

Come, O Freedom, Come, O Death

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

“EMBRACING LIFE, ENGAGING DEATH” A Preface I was planning on sending you Part IV of the initial H&H reflections today but I’d like to take a temporary (though related) detour, especially given today is the Feast of All Saints and tomorrow, Read more [...]

Art as Prayer and the Day as Canvas

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

Remember the year when our H&H theme was "Faith and Film?" The favorite film that year, by consensus, was the first film we watched, a documentary about Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy called Rivers and Tides. The art of Andres Amador reminds Read more [...]

Maybe the Emptiness

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

Lent is to Easter what Advent is to Christmas: the tomb of death becomes the womb of life just as the darkness holds the unseen light. During Advent we hear from Isaiah (and it is echoed in Matthew) “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Read more [...]

More on the Threefold Practices of Lent

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Daniel J. Miller

Part V The spiritual economy that governs, guides, and connects the three-fold practices of Lent goes something like this: first, after prayerful self-reflection, the typical targets of the energy, attention, and concern we give to ourselves gets Read more [...]

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