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TUESDAYS WITH STORY – 2/20/18

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A Mother woke her twelve-year-old daughter early one morning and set out on a walk of many miles to see the revered teacher Mohandas Gandhi. The mother was concerned about her daughter Read more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Being An Example, Change, Mohandas Gandhi | Leave a reply

William Stafford Poem ~ A Life-Line

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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      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 [...]
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The Bait-and-Switch Switch

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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ASH WEDNESDAY-- In advertising there is the well-known tactic of "bait-and-switch." There are different ways of doing this. One way is to advertise a particular product in such a way that it gets potential buyers into the store only then to substitute Read more [...]
Posted in Lent & Easter, Uncategorized | Tagged Ash Wednesday, Becoming Human, Lent, Reign of God, Spiritual Practice | 5 Replies

Can I Get an Amen? ~ TUESDAYS WITH STORY — 2/13/18

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Once upon a time a man was walking beside a wide river. He was meditating on the law of the Lord, for he believed that if he kept his mind fixed on spiritual thoughts all the time, he would achieve perfection. Just then his thoughts were broken Read more [...]
Posted in Story | Tagged Holiness, Humility, Prayer, Story | 1 Reply

Abe Lincoln’s Diagnosis ~ A Life-Line

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: Abraham Lincoln was walking down the street with two of his sons who were crying and fighting. "What's the matter with the boys?" a friend asked. "The same thing that's wrong with the whole world," Lincoln replied. "I have Read more [...]
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On Story ~ TUESDAYS WITH STORY — 2/6/18

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Like you, I come from a family of storytellers. My guess is that is not a presumptuous sentence. We all have stories. In my family there were stories told so often they are indelibly etched in my brain. Stories so real that for years my father’s childhood Read more [...]
Posted in Story | Tagged Elie Wiesel, Listening, Spiritual Direction, Story | 2 Replies

The More I Wonder ~ A Life-Line

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big Read more [...]
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A Solidarity that Withstands Suffering ~ A Life-Line

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: In his book Night, Elie Wiesel wrote about his horrifying childhood experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Having gone without food or drink for three days. thousands of Jews were driven out of their barracks at dawn into Read more [...]
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And the Miracle is ~ A Life-Line

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: Our true home is in the present moment. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh Read more [...]
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Martin Luther King, Jr. ~ A Life-Line

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: There is something unfolding in the universe whether one speaks of it as an unconscious process, or whether one speaks of it as an unmoved mover, or whether one speaks of it as a personal God. There is something in the universe Read more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Companionship, God, Justice, Martin Luther King, Universe | 2 Replies

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  • The Song That Refuses to Sing
  • A Word to the Wise – Kindness
  • To Bless and Be Blessed
  • Listening to the Wind in the Wheat: A Meditation on the Eucharist
  • Being Human—Being Moved
  • In Gratitude for the Wild and Precious Life of Mary Oliver
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  • Brother Weeps Drives Up a Hill
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