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For Mothering Love

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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In gratitude for mothering love offered by women who have birthed, nurtured, and sustained life whether in the physical offspring of children cared for and encouraged or in the progeny of integrity, kindness, creativity, and compassion. In Read more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Gratefulness, Love, Mothering | 1 Reply

Sister Mahala and Brother Weeps on Becoming Human and Holy

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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“Sister Mahala, Brother Weeps says that to become human and holy we must endure many trials, experience much suffering, undergo failures and unravelings, even humiliations,” said a young man. “That’s true,” said Sister Mahala, “many Read more [...]
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Life-Line

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: What the wise ones know--- the friends of God, the artisans of life, the apprentices of love--- is NOT TO WAIT for tragedy or trauma to wake them up to the incomprehensible surprise of being, to the dizzying resplendence of Read more [...]
Posted in Wisdom | Tagged Awakening, Blessing, Divine Love, Friends of God, Generosity, God, Wisdom | 2 Replies

Our First Vocation

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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O love that fires the sun keep me burning. ~ Bruce Cockburn The man, bruised and filthy, chained by his feet and wrists to the wall, smiled to himself. Seeing this, the guard barked, “What are you smiling at?” The prisoner said softly, “You Read more [...]
Posted in Love | Tagged Becoming Human, Being Loved, Beloved of God, Dance, God, Incarnation | Leave a reply

Life-Line

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is:       I don’t know Who—or what—put the question, I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone—or Something—and from that Read more [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Being Human, Dag Hammarskjold, Living Significantly, Meaning, Question, Yes | Leave a reply

Something Overheard in a Dream

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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“Are you coming to the potluck?" “Yes, I’m planning to. Whose bringing what?” “A-L are bringing Life. M-Z are bringing Love.” “Should be quite the feast.” “I hope so.” ~ Dan Miller ⊕ Life's not just about "showing up." It's Read more [...]
Posted in Love | Tagged Love-in-Action | 1 Reply

Life-Line

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: The voice of God is heard in Paradise: “What was vile has become precious. What is now precious was never vile. I have always known the vile as precious: for what is vile I know not at all. "What was cruel has become merciful. Read more [...]
Posted in God | Tagged God, Mercy, Thomas Merton | 1 Reply

Life-Line

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Today's Life-Line is: Resurrection is not a consoling opium, soothing us with the promise of a better world in the hereafter. It is the energy for a rebirth of this life. The hope doesn’t point to another world. It is focused on the redemption of Read more [...]
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Easter Sunday– for Joy!

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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I thank you God for most this amazing               i thank You God for most this amazing day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything which Read more [...]
Posted in Lent & Easter, Uncategorized | Tagged Amazement, Easter, God, Gratefulness, Human Being, Life, Love | Leave a reply

Holy Saturday — The Fertile Darkness

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Daniel J. Miller
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Fine wine takes time. ~ every skilled vintner It takes a very long time to become young. ~ Pablo Picasso I have said elsewhere that the tendency to skip over Good Friday and to rush unperturbed and undisturbed in our Sunday best to Easter is fraught Read more [...]
Posted in Triduum | Tagged Holy Saturday, Justice, Liberation, Triduum | 4 Replies

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  • What a Christian Looks Like
  • The Life of Sigh
  • 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
  • TheGift Who Was Claire Wineland

Sayings of Brother Weeps

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  • Brother Weeps and the Secretary of State
  • Brother Weeps and the Man in the Back
  • Brother Weeps on the Withness of God
  • Brother Weeps, the Hermit and His Dogs
  • Brother Weeps Speaks on Silence
  • Brother Weeps Drives Up a Hill
  • Brother Weeps and the Do-Si-Do

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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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