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 [...]

Poem 4 for The Season of Creation*

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

LECTIO POETICA If you have not read the explanation for Lectio Poetica, I encourage you to read it here before reading Berry’s poem below. The Wild Geese Horseback on Sunday morning, harvest over, we taste persimmon and wild grape, sharp sweet of Read more [...]

Sister Mahala Sets the Novice Straight

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Sister Mahala went to visit a young sister who refused to leave her cell. “Hello Sister,” said Amma Mahala. “We have missed you lately at meals, work time, and community prayer. Is everything alright? Are you ill?” “I’m fine Amma. I am Read more [...]

When I Walk in the Woods and Fields ~ Found Poem 1

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

The Academy of American Poets defines a Found Poem as follows: "Found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is often made from newspaper articles, street Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 1

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

In light of Mary Oliver's death last Thursday, let us honor her life and savor her words Coming to God: First Days Lord, what shall I do that I can’t quiet myself? Here is the bread, and here is the cup, and I can’t quiet myself. To Read more [...]

Keeping Quiet

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Thinking of silence and listening, I was reminded yesterday of Pablo Neruda’s poem “Keeping Quiet.” Zookeeper, housekeeper, storekeeper, goalkeeper -- to be a keeper of something is to care for it, to protect it. This is a helpful reminder that Read more [...]

A Listening Heart

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

In the silence, God invites and encourages us -- because courage is what it takes -- to be freely ourselves and to allow God to be freely God and not the prisoner of our inheritance, the product of our own private invention, or the possession of our presumption. Read more [...]

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