Stephen M. Miller's Blog

For the love of a dog

August 20, 2020

SHE WASN’T MY DOG. So, as I watched her die at the vet early Sunday afternoon, why did I cry the primal cry, like I did when my brother died

King David’s political psalm

August 11, 2020

DOES THIS TWO-AND-A-HALF-MINUTE PSALM sound like it was written by a sheepherder 3,000 years ago? Or does it sound like it was written as an op-ed feature at 1:30 a.m.

Here’s how a Christian dies

August 8, 2020

GOD GIVES DYING PEOPLE SOMETHING INVISIBLE. Strange to say, I’ve seen it. Not in any mystical sense. No hovering spirits or coins sliding along a tabletop. I’ve seen it the

Jesus on judging others

August 3, 2020

JESUS SOUNDS DIFFERENT in casual English. I just finished producing video three of three in the Sermon on the Mount series. There’s a big surprise smile, if not a laugh

Jesus: “Don’t worry”

July 29, 2020

I WONDER HOW PEOPLE WILL REACT to the “don’t worry” message of Jesus in the video I just released, given what’s going on in the world right now. Some might

Let me explain myself

July 25, 2020

I’M SORRY. I haven’t written a blog article in nearly a month. My agent hates that. But I’ve got other stuff to do. I ought to be able to stop

All riled up by the Song of Songs

July 1, 2020

IF YOU CONTINUE TO READ, you will be reading not me. I’m about to turn someone loose on you. Here’s why. I’m nervous. I paraphrased the Song of Songs and

Little brother is gone

June 25, 2020

I COULDN’T TAKE THE PICTURE. I’ve worked as a photojournalist. I’ve taken pictures of dead teenagers whose bodies were still trapped inside a car that a train mauled, shoved, and