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Ah, the Seasons!

January 9, 2019 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

If it were mid-summer, a cloudless blue sky with the lake sparkling diamonds of morning light, and the only thing a body wanted to do was sit still and not move, it could be a warning sign of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Change, seasons, writing

David Wannabe

January 19, 2018 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

This post began life in The Finger Lakes Times (NY), in the weekly series, "Denim … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Access Hollywood, Maya Angelou, writing

When a sermon is not a sermon and God is in between the lines

May 5, 2017 By Cam Miller Leave a Comment

This column originally appeared in The Finger Lakes Times, as part of a weekly column, "Denim Spirit." But before that, it was a sermon (see post for 4/30/17). This is what a sermon looks like, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: Change, Preaching, writing

Denim Spirit: Words Wiggle And Meaning Is Slippery

January 12, 2017 By Cam Miller 2 Comments

This post appeared first in the weekly column, "Denim Spirit," for The Finger Lakes Times, Geneva, New … [Read more...]

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A Wednesday Rant: Confession

July 22, 2015 By Cam Miller 6 Comments

  A friend sent me a Mary Oliver poem I had never read before (thank you, Peter), and it made me ache. Truly, it was a craving in my bones. I loved it, as I do so many of her poems. It … [Read more...]

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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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