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Tending to National Character

August 6, 2018 By Cam Miller 12 Comments

An unusual email arrived following upon a recent “friending” through the increasingly oldster Facebook network. An eighty-something retired minister I knew decades ago, contacted me along with several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: healing, public policy, theology

Denim Spirit: When Politics Is A Theological Event?

September 28, 2016 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

This article appeared first in The Finger Lake Times, Geneva, New York http://www.fltimes.com/opinion/denim-spirit-politics-meets-theology/article_de730520-857a-11e6-8e3f … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Evil, theology, Trump

One foot in the past, one in the present, imagining a future

January 19, 2016 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

After Martin Luther King Day I find myself humming or whistling “Lift Every Voice” for a week, the same as with any of a dozen carols from Christmas Eve until New Year’s. This year was a particularly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: rant, spirituality, theology

A Wednesday Rant: Church, a tool not the thing itself

June 12, 2014 By Cam Miller 8 Comments

I am a word weasel, as someone once called me. I do not think in terms of the most direct route from A to B. I am also an extrovert, which means I am within that community of folks who talk out loud … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Iconoclast, rant, religion, spirituality, theology

I have a secret

September 16, 2012 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

Good morning. I have a secret and like all secrets, it is a great burden to me. But let me back up. We all know well, that all “Christians” and all “Church” get lumped together with all the stuff … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: progressive christians, spirituality, theology

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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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Each of these posts appeared first in The Finger Lakes Times (NY) as an entry in the weekly series, “Denim Spirit.”

 

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