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We Are The Known Not The Knower

September 8, 2019 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

In that passage from Luke this morning, Jesus drives us off the ledge like Thelma and Louise. He’s taking no prisoners and he clearly does not care what we think about his declaration. “Hate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: God knows us we do not know God, Jesus, Thelma & Louise

Peace be with you

September 1, 2019 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

I went to a laboratory school. It was kindergarten-through-high school in the same building, and, while a public school, it was also operated by the teacher’s college of the local university. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: inner critical parent, Jesus, Peace

The Movement

July 7, 2019 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ Spring break of the last year of seminary, the bishop of the Diocese of Indianapolis brought the four senior seminarians home for each of us interview … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: First follower, Jesus, movement

To My Grandson, a Note in a Bottle

May 26, 2019 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Ptolemy World Map 1467 To my grandson. My Dearest Declan, Just this week for the first time, you escaped your play blanket on your own. Your mom and dad celebrated it by texting us all a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: cynicism, Hope, Jesus

A Lens on Death

April 8, 2019 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

I know I just posted last Sunday's sermon, but I wanted to share a sermon I preached on Saturday, at the memorial for a friend and colleague, Rollin Norris, who lived the last years of his life … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Christian lens on death, Jesus, Rollie

Re-inventing Christianity

February 17, 2019 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

I might have gotten in trouble with some of you last week because I went inside Luke’s story about Jesus and swung a wrecking ball around and re-interpreted the story from my own the perspective … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Beatitudes, Jesus, Re-inventing Chrsistianity

Denim Spirit: Adonai-Father Almighty-Allah Akbar (the great)!

April 13, 2017 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

This post first appeared as one in a series of weekly columns in The Finger Lakes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Jesus, Mohammad (PBTH), Moses

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Books, Poems, & Events

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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Books, Poems, Sermons, and Columns for navigating the globalization of spirituality, and author visits and lectures available for building up the sacred community. Read more...


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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