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A Seed of Hope

October 9, 2022 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

https://youtu.be/-aygoxt8Y_o … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: "Cairn, Hope, Stardust

The Practice of Hope

January 23, 2022 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Video version follows text “I have hymns you haven’t heard...” Believe it or not, that awesome line from Rilke is what the story from Nehemiah is about -- music we haven’t heard yet. Spoiler … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: covenant, Hope, Practice

Hope — the practice of hope

January 16, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

For a video version of the sermon, scroll to the end I started talking about the spiritual practice of the Baptismal Covenant last week, and I am going to carry on with that -- but with it’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Baptism, Hope, Isaiah

Where hope may be found in the darkness

December 19, 2021 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

A video version can be found by scrolling to the end of the text Micah was a prophetic oracle of both judgment and hope, and he announced the coming destruction of Israel – which would have seemed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Christmas story, darkness, Hope

Hope Secularized: Super Power for Mortals

December 30, 2020 By Cam Miller 3 Comments

It is a very thin line between secular and sacred. In fact, there need not be anything at all separating them. If you have read even a few posts from subversivepreacher, then you know I am all about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Hope, super power, wishful thinking

Poked by Hope

October 7, 2020 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

In his column last week, Michael Fitzgerald went digging for silver linings in the dark clouds hanging over our heads these days. In her reflection on personal mortality, into which she invited the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Hope, Integrity, wishful thinking

Ugliness and Beauty

September 2, 2020 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Stop. Take a slow, deep breath. Fill your diaphragm first and then let it out slowly. Try it again, closing your eyes perhaps. Ah. There is a relentless car alarm blaring at us, emanating from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Beauty, Hope, ugliness

What Hope Looks Like

July 29, 2020 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Honestly, it is difficult to move beyond scalding words this week, or morose millstones nobody but nobody needs to hear. It is bad out there in the nation, especially in those many states New York has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Hope, reconciliation, South Africa

Hope Rises

March 20, 2019 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

After thirty-plus years of preaching sermons flow naturally. The rhythm of my week more or less moves between the banks of sermon preparation and sermon delivery. Sunday after church, I pop the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Hope, Opinion writer, preacher

The Morning After

November 7, 2018 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

It is the morning after. The sun came up gilding tomorrow with hope or lacing your heart with despair. But what is the difference between hope, wishful thinking, or conversely, despair? We need to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Ego, Hope, Mid-term Election

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