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Every Bottom is Different

September 30, 2020 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Every bottom is different. No, I am not referring to human anatomy. The bottom to which I am pointing is a mythical place where alcoholics and drug abusers meet their moment of recovery. Often it is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: hitting bottom, Recovery, vote

When Place is Metaphor

October 9, 2019 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Hitting bottom is not a place, it is a metaphor. One of the gifts of the Twelve Steps of AA, is the black letter clarity they give to something that is otherwise full of confusion, weirdness, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: 12-Steps, hitting bottom, Recovery

The Problem With Doing Nothing

April 5, 2018 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

This post appeared first in The Finger Lakes Times (NY), part of the weekly column, "Denim Spirit." I enjoyed a long weekend in Detroit, gorging on NCAA Round One basketball games. Of the six games … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Flu, Recovery, Relaxing

Spiritual Healing

October 28, 2015 By Cam Miller 8 Comments

Spiritual Healing This is adapted from a talk originally given for a Twelve Step recovery event in 2012 I am going to begin with a story that may make us a little uncomfortable but it rushes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: 12-Steps, Abuse, healing, Recovery

A Wednesday Rant: A text out of the blue

April 1, 2015 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

“The wound is the place where light enters you.” Those are the words a friend texted me out of the blue. The words are from Rumi (and a hundred other Wise Ones speaking in scores of languages … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: balance, Depression, misery, Recovery, weariness

The Joy of Brokenness

March 11, 2015 By Cam Miller 10 Comments

I am an alcoholic and substance abuser who has been in recovery for thirty-four years (as of Good Friday, which is coming up in a few weeks). While I deeply respect the anonymity tradition of AA, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: AA, Church Versus AA, Common Brokenness, Recovery

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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

Books, Poems, & Events

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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