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The Wisdom of Vapor

February 2, 2022 By Cam Miller 12 Comments

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. So begins that famous bit of wisdom from “The Teacher,” preserved in one of the Ketuvim (Writings) from the Hebrew … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Dad, Ecclesiastes, The Teacher

Excavating the American Soul

January 25, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

Alexis De Tocqueville This was meant to be written last week but I got interrupted by stuttering over the wonderful snow. On January 13th David Brooks wrote a column in the NYT entitled, “America is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: David Brooks, Individualism, Soul work

Snow Thief

January 19, 2022 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

I was going to write about America falling apart at the seams (a la David Brooks NYT 1/13/22), but then it snowed. Snow can be magical even as it can be overwhelming, dangerous, and disruptive. A … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: falling apart, Kindness, snow

A powerful act of kindness

January 12, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

Sculpture by Edith Breckwoldt. The ordeal. No man in the whole world can change the truth. One can only look for the truth, find it and serve it. The truth is in all places. Citation by Dietrich … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Bonhoeffer, Kindness, pandemic

Psst, your pet doesn’t know

January 5, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

My dog is a show off. Every morning when I roll out my yoga mat and begin a stretching and exercise routine, she saunters over to performs a pluperfect Downward Facing Dog. She usually does it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: anthropomorphism, Dog, Pets

To You…

December 31, 2021 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

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Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT, Sermons Tagged With: Pierre Teihard de Chardin, Thank you, To You

Dream Recovery

December 29, 2021 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

It takes four days for the impregnated cell to reach the uterus then multiply from one cell to eight, to a hundred. Two weeks more and those cells multiply and become layered in concentric circles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: dream, New Year's, Season

Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2021 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

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A Spirit of Community

December 22, 2021 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

First of all, Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, whichever is best for you! This is not Christmas 2020, thank goodness. The only reason it’s not is the widespread accessibility of vaccinations. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Christmas, Community, interdependence

Please don’t sit on it

December 15, 2021 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

When I was young I went to camp in southern Indiana. If you have only driven across the middle of the state on I-70 then you likely think the state is flat-on-flat cornfields. But the southern third … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Aging, Mentoring, wisdom

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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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