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Miraculous Water

June 22, 2022 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

I went on a brief fishing trip last week. Even just two days on the water was restorative. Something about water seeps inside to open the mind to speak more freely with the soul. Even just sitting on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: bluegill, fish, Water

Those old demons

June 15, 2022 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

If the Uvalde school shooting would have happened in ancient times they would have said the shooter was possessed by a demon. They probably would have said, after Uvalde and Buffalo and Sandy Hook and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Demons, guns, mental-health

Looking Small

June 8, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

I have a confession to make. It is a little untoward to spill it here rather than in a dark booth to someone whose confidentiality is beyond reproach. So I hope you will be gentle and kind with my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: expertise, Looking small, news

False Grief

June 1, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

On July 4, 1776 the American Colonies declared their independence from the British Crown. Sometime in late August or early September King George received it. The Crown’s official response was dated, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: 24/7 news, grief, loss

An Extra: You’re invited to listen in on a response to a friend’s friend

May 27, 2022 By Cam Miller 5 Comments

“Why is this called subversivepreacher?” A friend of a friend, when introduced to a recent post, wanted to know. Over the years I have heard from people who really do not like the word subversive, it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT, Sermons Tagged With: dissonance, recovering, subversive

In the realm of small things

May 25, 2022 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

I tried hard to sit on the porch in the sun this morning to write this column but it was just too chilly. Staring out the window, from inside the house, the sunshine and pastel blue sky issued a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: bucket lists, gardening, small things

A note from subversivepreacher

May 22, 2022 By Cam Miller 18 Comments

Dear friends of this Cairn, You may have noticed, or will whenever you go looking for a post, that there was no sermon posted this week. That is because I have been recovering from a long awaited … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT, Sermons

More Lovers than Haters

May 18, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

Even as the gray clouds gathered and I rode my bicycle eastward toward Waterloo, the colors whirled and zoomed around me. Yellow and black, red and brown, red and black, brown and white, white and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Haters, Lovers, racism

Preaching, Death, Trust

May 15, 2022 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

A video version follows the text Can I just say that preaching isn’t as easy as it looks. I know it is not really a job for a grown man or woman, but it’s all I know. And once in awhile I just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: death, Preaching, trust

Weaponizing Religious Anxiety

May 11, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

The United States is changing and it is changing fast. From 2009 to 2019 the number of Christians in the United States declined by twelve million (give or take a few). Meanwhile, the number of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Nones, polarization, religious anxiety

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Each of these posts appeared first in The Finger Lakes Times (NY) as an entry in the weekly series, “Denim Spirit.”

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