To the Unseeable Animal

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

My daughter: I hope there’s an animal somewhere that nobody has ever seen. And I hope that nobody ever sees it. Being, whose flesh dissolves at our glance, knower of the secret sums and measures, you are always here, dwelling in the oldest sycamores, visiting Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

The Life-Line below is my response to those searching for a DNA-based argument for the existence of God. Today's Life-Line is: I hope there’s an animal somewhere that nobody has ever seen. And I hope Read more [...]

Triduum Triptych – Panel 3

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

The short reflections for each of the three days of Triduum were published as one piece in Spirituality Mar/Apr 2012; No. 101 under the title “The Paschal Mystery.” Easter Easter comes. Into all of creation groaning for God’s salvation, Easter Read more [...]

A Word to the Wise — Christening

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Christening [kris-uh-ning] Instead of mapping out a schedule of predetermined words and dates for A Word to the Wise, I usually wait, in the spirit of lectio divina, until a word seems to be waving to get my attention like a pedestrian hailing a cab. Read more [...]

Dare to Grow

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

I have been rereading some of Thomas Keating’s work this week. Below are a few words that gave me pause and drew me in for some pondering. Hear Keating in light of a quote I shared with you on Sunday, April 7th by poet W. H. Auden: “We would rather Read more [...]

Good Friday: Daring to Let the Darkness Speak

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the Soul divine; Under every grief and pine Runs a joy with silken twines. From “Auguries of Innocence” ~ William Blake “But the thing is, you know you can’t have like a light Read more [...]

Celebrate Responsibly: Longing for the Light

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness--- on them light has shined. ~ Isaiah 9: 2b, NRSV Wendell Berry writes, “To know the dark with a light is to know the light. / To know the Read more [...]

Celebrate Responsibly: Go Dark

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

"In a dark time, the eye begins to see." ~ Theodore Roethke The people who walked in darkness . . . ~ Isaiah 9:2b Perhaps due to one too many eggnogs last night, today the earth tilts (not me) giving us the shortest day and the longest night of the Read more [...]

Two Poems for Easter

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Hi Everyone: I am enclosing two poems, one introduced to me by my brother Kevin by Jim Harrison, and the other the Wendell Berry poem that ends with the provocative two word imperative that is our theme for this year in The Human & the Holy. Each Read more [...]

A Noble Trajectory

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Daniel J. Miller

Recently, someone relayed to me their story of growing up as a Christian Fundamentalist. She recalled how her minister, prominent in Fundamentalist’s circles, had a propensity for deciding and proclaiming whether or not other persons (including renowned Read more [...]

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