Conspiring with God

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

A Lenten Reflection ~ 33 3/29/20 NOTE: I am doubling down on this breath theme (i.e. after yesterday's post. CLICK "<-- Previous" above. There is no season, whether in nature, the liturgical cycle, or the human adventure, which does not know 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 [...]

Bound By Thanks

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude. ~ A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself. ~Albert Schweitzer To Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Here’s what’s interesting— when studying shame and spirituality or shame and religion there are a lot of people—or over half of the people I have interviewed over the last thirteen years have pretty deep scars around faith Read more [...]

Joining the Something That God is Always Doing

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

I was doing some reading recently on spiritual direction and came across these lines from the late pastor, teacher, and writer Eugene Peterson and I thought it was apropos to our theme for the year in The Human & the Holy (H&H). In his book The Read more [...]

Acoustic Theology, Antiphonal Spirituality

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

This past Sunday I offered some reflections on what I call an acoustic theology. That is, an understanding of life and a way of living that recognizes the centrality of deep listening for an authentic, holistic, mature, and responsible spirituality. It Read more [...]

Veriditas: The Greening Power of God

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose. . . ~ James Taylor I am a Northwesterner at heart. Born and raised in Seattle, I went to the university only 50 miles south. My first place of employment and my first home had views of 14,400 foot Mt. Rainier. Read more [...]

Word Become Flesh Become Word Become Flesh

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Follow up comments from yesterday's H&H gathering: “The sound of the words is the first primitive pleasure in poetry.” Edward Hirsch “In poetry you must love the words, the ideas and images and rhythms with all your capacity to love Read more [...]

Pilgrim: The Poetic Traveler

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

"The pilgrim is a poetic traveler, one who believes that there is poetry on the road, at the heart of everything."(Philip Cousineau in The Art of Pilgrimage: The Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred) There are many metaphors to describe the human Read more [...]

Widening the Circle of Compassion

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Recently I was in Louisville, Kentucky and I had the urge to ask the airport cabbie to take me to Fourth and Walnut (now 4th and Muhammad Ali Boulevard) where Thomas Merton had his famous epiphany. But since it was late at night and dark, and I did not Read more [...]

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