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Reality Shift

December 4, 2022 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

A Youtube link for the video follows the text Let’s take this apart -- and then put it back together again. First of all, John the Baptist. He says to the leaders of the religion, ”...God is able … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Sermons Tagged With: de-construction, re-construction, Reality shift

Good & Evil? Think Again.

October 13, 2015 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

In the Gospel of Matthew (that’s the New Testament of the Bible), it says: “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of God has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Flannery O'Conner, Good & Evil, spiritual wisdom

Go. Get ready. Aim.

August 10, 2015 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Outcomes. Products. Measurements. Spiritual practice is not about outcomes; it is about process. As fixated as we can become on fixing problems, restoring justice, even something so grand as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Process, resisting measurement, Task

It Begins with a Place

July 28, 2015 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

To say that everyone needs ‘a place’ in which to be spiritual sounds absurd, and yet we do. To say that we need a ‘sacred place’ is simply ridiculous and true. It was long believed, and still is by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Sacred space, spiritual practice, spirituality

The Spiritual Journey is Staying at Home

July 14, 2015 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Journey. Spiritual journey. Life’s a journey. Are we talking spiritual journey, as in Lord of the Rings – tunnels, caves, volcanoes, fairies, goblins and dragons? Or are we on a purely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Consciousness, spiritual journey, spirituality

What we call God matters

June 23, 2015 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

“Fathering” is a word rarely used and in fact before a Father’s Day letter from my children, I can’t remember seeing it before. “Mothering” is not unusual and in some liturgical traditions there are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Fathering, intimacy, Name, Naming, Spiritulaity

A Word Rippening Inside

June 2, 2015 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

"A single word" by Yunus Emre, 13th century Sufi A single word can brighten the face of one who knows the value of words. Ripened in silence, a single word acquires a great energy for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: A spiritual exercise, spiritual practice, spirituality

Practicing Spiritual Practice

April 22, 2015 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Spiritual practice is easily caricatured with those who do it for a living: yoga instructors, clergy, monastics, and smiling baldheaded saffron robed characters found in many cultures representing … [Read more...]

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OUR INNER GOLLUM

March 9, 2015 By Cam Miller 8 Comments

There is a Gollum living on an island in the middle of a cave lake in the bowels of your inner life. Yep: a slimy little hairless creature, both sickening to look at and sympathetic in his or her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Gollum, Gollum Spirituality, Jung, walking in the shadows

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NOMINATED FOR A PUSHCART PRIZE 2020 Unsolicited Press (Portland, OR) chose "Cairn" among its many fine publications this year, as a nominee for one of the most respected literary awards in the … ...Read more

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