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Life-Line

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: The strategy of Jesus is not centered in taking the right stand on issues, but rather in standing in the right place—with the outcast and those relegated to the margins. ~ Gregory J. Boyle Read more [...]
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TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/19/18

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Once upon a time some disciples begged their old and ailing master not to die. "But if I do not go, how will you ever see?" the Master said to them. "What is it we can possibly see when you are gone?" one of them asked. With a twinkle in his eye, Read more [...]
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Life-Line

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~ Aldous Huxley Read more [...]
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TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/12/18

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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The story below comes from an eighteenth-century Hebrew book. A young man once wanted to become a blacksmith. So he became an apprentice to a blacksmith, and he learned all the necessary techniques of the trade: how to hold the tongs, how to lift Read more [...]
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Life-Line

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well for we will not fight to save what we do not love. ~ Stephen J. Gould Read more [...]
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TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 6/5/18

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Two travelers set out on a pilgrimage from opposite ends of a vast desert. One from the eastern edge heading west and the other from the western edge heading east. One pilgrim set out for a distant town called Happiness that was said to be located Read more [...]
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Life-Line

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: Hope is hearing the melody of the future. Faith is to dance to it. ~ Rubem Alves Read more [...]
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TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 5/29/18

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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STOP and Listen When Mitch Albom, a successful, award-winning sportswriter for the Detroit Free Press, was 37 years old he learned that his favorite teacher from Brandeis University, Morrie Schwartz, was dying of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (commonly Read more [...]
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Life-Line

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends upon it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. ~ Mary Read more [...]
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TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 5/22/18

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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The Prisoner and the Potato Tosser Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.~ Dalai Lama XIV  In 2009, John J. McNeill psychotherapist, theologian, and Catholic priest received New Ways Ministry’s Read more [...]
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Interested in having Dan come to your community to teach, preach, or lead a retreat? Dan offers Parish Missions, as well as Presentations and Retreats, in a variety of formats .

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Spiritual Direction


Interested in Spiritual Direction? Dan is based on Whidbey Island north of Seattle, WA. He meets with people online and occasionally in person. He also is available to teach in spiritual guidance programs or to give talks about spiritual direction.

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The Human & the Holy


Interested in being part of a spiritual formation community? The Human & the Holy is an ecumenical community that comes together once a month to share simple ritual, contemplative silence, reverent dialogue, attentive listening, presentation, and spiritual practice.

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