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Author Archives: Doc Arnett
About Doc Arnett
Native of southwestern Kentucky currently living in Ark City, Kansas, with my wife of twenty-nine years, Randa. We have, between us, eight children and twenty-eight grandkids. We enjoy singing, worship, remodeling and travel.Old Burning New
like an old wound
nursed with bitterness,
lashing out to destroy
yet another blessing.
Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged bitterness, burning brush, embers, fire, hope, smolder
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Taking Back the Good
At the point of reclamation, regaining control of what has been surrendered is not an easy task. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
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Tagged burning, burning brush, mowing, raking, rehabilitation, taking control, weeds
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Buddies
No matter how lean the crowd or how scant the sermon, I can still rely upon a positive note at the close of our worship service, courtesy of one small member. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged affection, boys, church, Keagan, little children, love, preachers, support
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Morning Swims
Back then, in the early bends
of summer mornings
we hid our swimming trunks
in the old tobacco barn
next to the pond. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Humor, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged farm pond, growing up, pond, rebellion, rural life, swimming
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A Confession
I simply don’t have enough faith
to be an atheist:
too much sin and beauty in the world
for me to believe
this all unfurled without so much as a thought. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged atheism, atheist, belief, doubt, faith, hope, love
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Praise in Disappointment
A grateful heart sees more good in a single glance than a bitter one sees in a lifetime. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged bitterness, disappointment, gratitude, heat, rain, Thanksgiving, weather
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A Gentle Summer
The air had been cool and refreshing, a pleasant meshing of light breezes and pleasing shade. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged conversation, couples, summer, summer evening, talking
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The Wind
Those are the days that scare me,
the days when I rely most
on knowing the Hand I cannot feel, Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged depression, God, motivation, presence of God, the Spirit
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Something of Summer
There is something of summer
in these last few days of sun and nineties: Continue reading →
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Tagged cool evenings, heat, mowing pasture, summer
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Day Fades Into Day
An evening this lovely
could nearly draw the dead from their graves:
sunset beginning to fade from the sky, Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged breeze, conversation, day the Lord has made, locust trees, middle age, migraine, northeast Kansas, rest, sunset
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Reflections by Doc Arnett 