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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Calvin Miller was born in Enid, Oklahoma.  He graduated from Enid High School and attended Oklahoma Baptist University, graduating with a B.S. degree in 1958.  He attended Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, graduating with a Master of Divinity degree in 1961 and a Doctor of Ministry degree in 1975.

In 1959 he was married to Barbara Joyce Harman.  They are the parents of two children: Melanie, born February 22, 1962 and Timothy, born July 30, 1963. His first full-time pastorate was Plattsmouth Baptist Church, Plattsmouth, Nebraska, 1961-1966.  He went to Westside Church, Omaha, Nebraska, in January 1966, where he served as senior pastor for 25 years.  During his pastorate the congregation grew from 10 members to more than 2500 members.  From 1991-1998, Miller served as Professor of Communication and Ministry Studies and Writer-in-Residence at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas.  In January 1999, he joined the faculty of Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, where he is currently Professor of Preaching and Pastoral Ministry.

He is the author of more than forty books of popular theology and inspiration.  His poems and free-lance articles have appeared in various journals and magazines such as Christianity Today, Campus Life, Leadership, and His.  He has served as an inspirational speaker in various assemblies and religious convocations, both in his own denomination and other Christian gatherings.

Dr. Miller believes in the primacy of evangelism for the church in every age.  In his own church ministry he has sought to be both a contemporary apologist, helping the church provide answers for a secular culture, and the equipper of the contemporary church for the task of missions and evangelism.  His most recent books and articles have dealt with spirituality as a journey and the pilgrimage which strives for union with Christ.

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Surreality Prints by Calvin Miller

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"Life is Mostly Edges - A Memoir"  by Calvin Miller

Calvin Miller has for a long time been one of our Christian community's best story tellers.  This is one of his best: the richly textured narrative of his becoming a Christian, becoming a pastor, becoming a professor.  None of these "becomings" easy; all them poignant, painful, and praise-filled.
Eugene H. Peterson, author of
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Life is Mostly Edges - DVD
On Location with Calvin Miller as he visits the important places of his life and shares his walk with Christ.

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What People are saying about "Life is Mostly Edges - A Memoir"

All the was from Vernon, Texas, to the uttermost parts of the world, Calvin Miller gleans the fields of his life to produce an amazing crop of humor, insight, revelation, romance, and pathos.  Not your typical biography, this memoir is a must-read of total delight.

                                Gloria Gaither, best-selling author and award-winning songwriter
 
 
When I pick up a memoir, it is not because I am hungry to learn the details of another person's life (although that sometimes helps, especially if the person turns out to be as irregular as I am).  I pick up a memoir because I want to learn how other people come to their senses, learning to live the lives they have been given instead of the lives they might have planned.  If they happen to write truthfully, with generosity and humor, then I also hope those virtues will rub off on me.  Calvin Miller's book fills my cup.  You can read him for the great stories he tells or read him for the great soul he is.  Either way, he will show you the art of brinkmanship, inviting you to join him at the unsafe edges of human life where true joy is found.
                                Barbara BrownTaylor, Author of Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
 
 
The writings of Calvin Miller have consistently stirred joy in my heart and brought focus to my faith.  For over three decades, I have turned to his penned reflection for guidance.  This new book is a welcome addition.
                                Max Lucado, Minister and best-selling author
 
 

Surreality Prints by Calvin Miller

Surreality is a word formed by conjoining the English word reality and a French preposition “sur”, meaning over or ­upon.   Realism in art was a movement that aimed to paint all subject matter exactly as it was in nature and prided itself on how “camera close” it came to capturing reality.  But the surrealists were artists who could see that the real nature of reality was not an issue of photorealism.  Reality was in a sense spiritual.  The true nature of things surpassed the camera, and could never be painted as what might be seen with the natural eye.  In this series of paintings is an attempt to get at true reality, by juxtaposing images that get at the real heart of faith.  Such is the impression laid down by these watercolors.  Let us consider these five paintings, one at a time.