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Denim Spirit: Loud Angels in Quiet Places

December 1, 2016 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

It is early morning dark. A star or two smile through the light pollution of white street lamps, the domed blaze of home security floods, and even the lunar sliver of light curled above. Dog and me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Knowing your voice

The Cat That Fell From Above

November 29, 2016 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

When I was in seminary there was a guy who had a fat, furry cat in his third floor dorm room, and it would rest on the windowsill of the open window swishing its tail back and forth all day. It was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Healing from the election

Listening to the world all around rather than only what has to do with us

September 8, 2016 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

  On a recent morning, cup of coffee in hand, sitting on my bench in the meadow behind my house, dog chewing her most recent stick acquisition, I counted the bird songs. I was remembering how to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: birdsongs, commercialization of spirituality, Spiritual listening

Denim Spirit: Death and Gratitude

August 18, 2016 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

http://subversivepreacher.org/denim-spirit-death-and-gratitude/ In dim light and thick air, when heavy emotions wet the atmosphere as life leaves the human body, there is an exquisite holiness … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: death, gratitude, healing

Denim Spirit: White Power and Privilege

July 21, 2016 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

http://www.fltimes.com/opinion/denim-spirit-white-power-and-privilege/article_54d771b4-4e9f-11e6-a85a-af1db381ce9b.html From January 1, 2015 through July 11, 2016 police shot one thousand, five … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: being white, Power, privilege

Strange

April 21, 2016 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

I lived in a suburb once, in church owned housing, and my neighbor could be seen crawling in the yard wearing a pith helmet while rooting up dandelions. No joke. He was a sweet man, retired from one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: lawns, strange, wandering through life

Blonde standing naked in yard with deer in the background

February 15, 2016 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Stroking her soft blond hair, she looks into my soul with pooled brown eyes – shutters of light to bring the world inside but never allowing the inner animal of her soul to be seen by me. We live … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Maybe just writing

Change

January 8, 2016 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

For more than two decades I shared my days with automobiles starting and stopping at poorly syncopated traffic lights, people rushing to work, class, or in and out of restaurants and stores along … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Change, Spiritual Reflection

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

What Else We May See In The Mirror

October 6, 2015 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

  Let’s muse about one of the most persistent criticisms of religion: that religious beliefs are nothing more than a projection of human values and needs onto something we call God. We hear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Exported, Spiritual Writing/Practice Tagged With: Critics of religion, Projection, spirituality

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