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On Writing Denim Spirit

April 13, 2022 By Cam Miller 4 Comments

A NOTE...to those reading this on my website rather than in the newspaper: Denim Spirit is a weekly column that appears each Wednesday in The Finger Lakes Times (NY. Cir. 30,000) and the references … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: "Calling", Gifts, writing

A River of Gratitude

March 9, 2022 By Cam Miller 12 Comments

I was an adjunct professor for five years and taught an introduction to the primal narratives in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. As it turned out, for some students it was also a writing boot … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: gratitude, Teaching, writing

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...]

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

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...]

Filed Under: DENIM SPIRIT Tagged With: identity, Preachers, writer's, writing

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