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The wilderness is where we go to find freedom from our fears

March 6, 2022 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Scroll down to mind a video version of the sermon I am going to ask each of us to do something we do not like -- to touch our fear. Now remember, a lion knows as much fear as a Thompson’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: fear, Freedom, wilderness

The Paradox: It is from the inside out

June 6, 2021 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Texts for Preaching: “Courage” by Anne Sexton and Mark 3:2--35 Scroll to the end for the link to a YouTube video of this sermon This may seem like a strange sermon to preach to a bunch of old … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: centeredness, fear, Love & approval

Fear

February 10, 2021 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

“noun: fear; an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat...a feeling of anxiety concerning...safety and well-being... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: cities and towns, distance, fear, Segregation

What are your demons afraid of?

January 31, 2021 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

A video version can be found by scrolling to the end of the text 4 Epiphany: A reflection on Mark 1:21-28 To pick up on the theme of story-telling from last week, whoever wrote the Gospel of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Demons, fear, Story-telling

Hobos, Immigrants, and Covid-19, Oh No!

March 11, 2020 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

When I was a child growing up in Muncie, Indiana, we lived across the street from some college dormitories and a very large Presbyterian church. Behind those buildings were acres and acres of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Facts, fear, Immigration

Take A Deep Breath, Please.

January 25, 2017 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

Can we just all take a collective breath? That’s right, fill the diaphragm slowly, breathing in through the nose; and then slowly – slowly – exhaling through the mouth. Isn’t that better? The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: fear, Power, Resistance

The Problem with Fear

November 23, 2016 By Cam Miller 8 Comments

It would be silly to ask that you not be afraid. Fear is an emotion, a response to stimulus. Actual events as well as things that go bump in the night trigger fear, and honestly, it is unwise not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: fear, Love trumps hate, Solidarity

Fear

October 21, 2015 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Before I went to seminary I worked in an acute care mental health unit of a community hospital. It was a magical place in some ways; a strange thing to say about a holding cell for suffering. What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: fear, Gestalt, healing, Suicide

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