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The Myth of ‘Balance’

September 14, 2012 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Texts for Preaching Staying the course is not a straight line I am told that the automatic pilot in an airplane does not work by locking onto a course and sticking to it. Instead, it steers back and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: automatic pilot, serenity prayer, uneasy calm

Gratitude: It’s not magic but it is medicinal

September 12, 2012 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Have you ever been without gratitude? It is not a pleasant thought or memory, to be sure, but if you have known such a time, conjure it back and remember what that was like. Perhaps it was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: dull ache, nature, overcast days, travel

‘Star’ or stardust?

August 2, 2012 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

Good Evening. That Pygmy prayer reminds me of an account I read about a member of the Pygmy tribe who encountered the Savannah for the first time as a twenty-something year old man. It is difficult … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: science, spirituality

Why are you so damn needy?

February 5, 2012 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Delivered at Trinity Church Buffalo February 5, 2012 Text: Isaiah 40:21-31; Mark 1:29-39; and, an excerpt from "Listening to your life" by Frederick Buechner I am going to start out in lecture mode … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: frederick buechner, isaiah 40, trinity church, world of magic

A million years of crying…until you’ve realized the art of dying

January 26, 2012 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Trinity@7: An encounter with God without all the religion Trinity Church Buffalo, January 22, 2012 Text: George Harrison’s Death I had the privilege of attending a death this week. That may seem like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: encounter with god, god consciousness

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

 

Sermons, and preaching as an art, are not for dispensing content or proclaiming doctrines and dogma. Like poetry, prose, and music, they are for provoking and inspiring thought, memory, and imagination within those receiving them. Please allow your thoughts to wander as they will in response to what you hear, rather than following along word for word.

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