Poem 7 for the Season of Creation*

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

OUT CAMPING Today comes walking over the water in the early morning. A bird scribes the skin of the lake. Everything trembles. Ours is the world of the swallow wing, a scene turning and curving, and we are in it, scribing our own reflection of Read more [...]

Lectio Poetica No. 4

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Daniel J. Miller

Zero Circle Be helpless, dumbfounded, Unable to say yes or no. Then a stretcher will come from grace to gather us up. We are all too dull-eyed to see that beauty. If we say we can, we're lying. If we say No, we don't see it, That No will behead Read more [...]

William Stafford Poem ~ A Life-Line

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Yes It could happen any time, tornado, earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen. Or sunshine, love, salvation. It could, you know. That’s why we wake and look out — no guarantees in Read more [...]

For Your Prayerful Pondering

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

She opens her mouth with wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. ~ Proverbs 31: 26 The Things You Do Not Have to Say The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying the things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing Read more [...]

The Mystic: Susceptible to Now

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Daniel J. Miller

Awe is a sense for the transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery behind all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine . . . to sense the ultimate in the common and the simple; to feel in the rush of Read more [...]

Silence: An Experiment with Truth

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

If we are to truly know ourselves, to accept ourselves, without fear of the darkness, and the turmoil within us, we need to cultivate the gift of silence. ~ Kenneth Leech Another image for silence is the milieu where we experiment with truth, to borrow Read more [...]

Remember Death, Live Life

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Daniel J. Miller

Yesterday I wrote about the lovely cherry blossom trees that are holy hints of spring. Today it occurs to me that Spring is a great time to talk about ------ death and dying. What? Yep. Memento mori – “remember death.” There once was a time when Read more [...]

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