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A word meditation for Thanksgiving

November 23, 2022 By Cam Miller 12 Comments

I have written about this before, and had the opportunity to talk about it in a recent public forum. It is about gratitude, and what better time to ponder gratitude than the day before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Awe, gratitude, Thanksgiving

“Attention is the beginning of devotion”

November 20, 2022 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Text for Preaching "Gratitude" by Mary Oliver What did you notice? The dew-snail; the low-flying sparrow; the bat, on the wind, in the dark; big-chested geese, in the V of sleekest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: attention, Devotion, god

What to do at the end of the world

November 13, 2022 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

When the world is about to end we can huddle in the corner crouched with our hands over our heads ...or we feed each other oysters and dance. That M. S. Merwin poem lays it out quite nicely. So … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: "Don't Look up", End of world, Enduring

Sell-by Date

November 9, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

  I wrote this before election Day so enjoy a respite. The orthopedic Nurse Practitioner who gives me cortisone shots in my knees is retiring and introduced me to the new ONP. I swear she is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Aging, sell-by date, wisdom

Force Multiplier

November 6, 2022 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Link to Marie Howe poem, "My Dead Friends:" https://poets.org/poem/my-dead-friends Isn’t this the most wonderfully personal public intimacy -- All Saints’ Day I mean. We create this moment in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: All Saints, Marie Howe, the Dead

The promise of our hope

November 2, 2022 By Cam Miller 9 Comments

I am done with election chatter. I wrote last week’s column, a truth I hold, and voted early. Done. Time to move on even though the election and all that hangs on it is still in motion all around us. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: attention, Election chatter, Mary Oliver

He changed, he just changed

October 30, 2022 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

It is curious that Jesus says salvation has come to Zacchaeus’ house, ”because he too is a son of Abraham.” It isn’t because Zacchaeus gave away half his belongings and a whole lot of money … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Change, Jesus, Zacchaeus

The Connection

October 26, 2022 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

“I win!” I haven’t run for office yet, but before I do I declare: “I won.” It is pretty clear from the evidence stockpiled by the January 6th Congressional Hearings, Bob Woodword’s recent release of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Big Lie, the connection, White fear

Relentless Trust

October 23, 2022 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

“The point is, you’re you, and that’s for keeps.” And for me, that’s a famous poet proving it’s okay to use contractions in a poem. Yay! I speak in contractions all the time but always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Oscar Romero, Relentless, trust

BIRGing and CORFing

October 19, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

A dark wet Monday morning with storm grunge littering the waterfront, but still an afterglow infiltrated the gray -- the Bill’s win over the Chiefs. I am only a casual fan but even I felt better … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Buffalo Bills, detachment, sports

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