Monthly Archives: December 2009

Choices

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Doc Arnett

In the dark of this morning’s dawning, I hold to these few minutes of quietness. Continue reading →

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The Indwelling

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I step across the last frozen stones,
open the back door,
welcoming the warmth that lives within,
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Images of Evil

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I have seen evil that comes sweeping in like an enraged lion, claws slashing, fangs gnashing: snarling, leaping, twisting, devouring in an insatiable blood lust. Continue reading →

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A Better Place

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Doc Arnett

There’s just something about a wind chill in the double digits below zero that makes you feel alive! Continue reading →

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Priorities

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Doc Arnett

At least every now and then, just being together ought to move up to the top of the Next Actions List.
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Have You Heard the Ice Bells?

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Instead of the heavy, thick ice I expected, the formations were more like crystal bells, hollow and incredibly thin and fragile. Continue reading →

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Elijah Daniel Switzer

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I hold Daniel a while longer, caressing him and these few moments, looking at him and cradling him in ways that my father never held my children. Continue reading →

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Contrition & Exultation

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Doc Arnett

How fine to see the mercy that lifts me, spares me, eases me through the deepest darkness and finds me standing in the vapor of a lifting fog, safe, anchored to Him who does not change! Continue reading →

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Bowl Games

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Somehow, it has always seemed that fathers need more forgiveness than grandfathers. Continue reading →

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