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How it began is how it is…

June 4, 2023 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

“...when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters...” Scroll down … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Creation, Genesis, wisdom

The Front Gate of Summer

May 31, 2023 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

From my living room and front porch I often observe visitors to the Finger Lakes unloading their cars, trucks, or SUVs and carrying the contents into their nearby temporary airbnb getaway. Sometimes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: airbnbs, Finger Lakes, summer

Day of Flame

May 30, 2023 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Check out the YouTube version by scrolling below Okay, okay... there are so many images in the readings from today that make no literal sense -- in other words, literally they are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Fire, Our stories, Pentecost

Subversion

May 24, 2023 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

Unfortunately, subversiveness is a two-way street. Former President Trump and the minion of congressional and state political leaders who support him, have long engaged in a persistent campaign of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: ballot, subversion, Trump

Exit Stage Left

May 21, 2023 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Reflection for 7 Easter For video version scroll to the end The three-year ministry of Jesus is Act One in a three-act play. The betrayal, arrest, trial, and execution is Act Two. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Choice, power greater than ourselves, What are we living for?

Successful Ineffectiveness

May 17, 2023 By Cam Miller 8 Comments

Vaclav Havel was a dissident when Czechoslovakia was Communist and then became the first president of the Czech Republic as the Soviet Union dissolved. He was a well-known writer and playwright before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Amos, Hope, prophets

An Inside-Outside Game

May 14, 2023 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

PREACHING TEXTS Acts 17:22-31 John 14:15-21 “Streetlights hide the glimmer of lesser stars” by Bryce J. Christensen Streetlights hide the glimmer of lesser stars. My weak telescope wobbles on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: god, Inside-Outside, Paul

The Beholder Beheld

May 10, 2023 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Last winter, on a sunny day when a cold wet snow blanketed the ground and tree limbs were naked, I sat by the lake with Rabia and wondered if the rolling white fields I was seeing across the lake … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Beauty, Leafy Green, snow

Well, I’ll be doggone…

May 7, 2023 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

...There is no new sermon this morning. Yep, someone gave me the day off, can you believe it? But come on into the website and look around -- there are literally hundreds of archived sermons and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: empty, No one home, sorry

Shh, I’m sleeping!

May 3, 2023 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

I woke up this morning and discovered there were people being unfairly treated, people I had noticed before but never really thought about. Now that I have awakened to their plight, maybe I can lend … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Asleep, Intentional Ignoranc, Woke

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