Life-Line

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Do all the good you can By all the means you can In all the ways you can In all the places you can At all the times you can To all the people you can As long as ever you can. ~ John Wesley, Journal, 1790 Read more [...]

A Non-Traditional Blessing

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Two weeks ago I posted a prayer here that I thought fitting given the senseless violence that was spreading throughout American cities. I had been familiar with versions of this prayer for many years but never knew the author. As I mentioned at the bottom Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today’s Life-Line is: Ultimately we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. The more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world. ~ Read more [...]

A Disturbing Blessing

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that we may live from deep within our hearts. May God bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of God's creations so that we may Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today’s Life-Line is: At the end of a talk he was giving as part of a 100th anniversary celebration of a synagogue, Elie Wiesel was asked a final question by one of the teenagers in attendance. The young person asked the guest speaker if he could Read more [...]

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 [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today’s Life-Line is: Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. ~ Henry James Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Anyone can love peace, but Jesus doesn't say, "Blessed are the peacelovers." He says "peacemakers." He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life. And he means a vocation that includes risk. . . The Read more [...]

Life-Line

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom of our words that we are able to effect the most profound changes in the people around Read more [...]

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Life-Line

A Non-Traditional Blessing

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A Disturbing Blessing

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To the Unseeable Animal

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