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The Fish

January 26, 2020 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

TEXTS For SERMON: Isaiah 9:2-4; "The Fish" by Mary Oliver; Matthew 4:12-23 There are so many times a poem is better than a story and this morning, I would prefer to riff on Mary Oliver’s fish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Mary Oliver, Story, surrender

“Don’t Get Sucked In!”

June 2, 2019 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

I’m pretty sure this is old news – not fake news, just old news – as in, I have mentioned it before. But I was back home in Indiana this week and so it is on my mind. In my hometown of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: book of revelation, Mary Oliver, Undertow

Opening the Mind with a New Lens

March 13, 2019 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Some teacher, sometime along the way, likely soured you on poetry. It was done by making you read stiff poems, written in an alien parlance with old-fashioned metaphors, and then insisting you explain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, perception, poetry

Mary Oliver, Thank You

January 17, 2019 By Cam Miller 12 Comments

Mary Oliver, thank you. The simple elegance of your poems exquisitely mirrors what is miraculous in nature – that out of seemingly simple elements placed in fortunate proximity and serendipitous … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Anne Sexton, Mary Oliver, Poems

Poetry

August 8, 2018 By Cam Miller 10 Comments

Billy Collins, former United States Poet Laureate, has a humorous poem (“Introduction to Poetry”) that I read as an explanation for why poetry is repugnant to so many people: …But all they want to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Billy Collins, Marie Howe, Mary Oliver

Life

May 16, 2018 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

Life crawls upward and weeps into the light through one small pore even while bursting through the hard wood of the bark in another place. Late last summer we cut down three pine trees in the yard … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Life, Mary Oliver, talking to trees

Playing Cute with God, a reflection on “The Journey” by Mary Oliver

June 3, 2015 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Link to Journey: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/356684-the-journey-one-day-you-finally-knew-what-you-had It is true you know, the only life you can save is your own. Maybe it is because of what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: "Calling", Mary Oliver, Spiritual Direction, The Journey

A Wednesday Rant: Loving Judas

May 13, 2015 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

Archive Rant Adapted from a presentation delivered to a 12-Step Worship in 2012 “We do not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.” (C … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Judas, Jung, Mary Oliver, rant, Shadow

“Have you ever?” – Sermon for 3 Easter

April 19, 2015 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: podcasts Tagged With: Mary Oliver, mystical moments

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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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