Author Archives: Doc Arnett

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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.

September Blessing

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Doc Arnett

faith fresh as dew,

love as abounding as the sky,

and hope strong as the rising sun.
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A Blessing of Gray

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Doc Arnett

There’s a long, winding line of willows and cottonwood running along the river where the Wolf makes its way toward the Missouri. Continue reading →

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The Long Summer

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Doc Arnett

but eventually

even good people

can grow weary of their own petitions.

It is good

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Beyond Doctrine

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Doc Arnett

It’s hard to get used to something you always avoid and actually returning good for evil is something most of us avoid. Continue reading →

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Emancipation Proclamation

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I remember thinking in my much younger years that the Carpenter’s teaching on forgiveness was just one more example of how he required more of us than was humanly reasonable. Forgiving someone seventy times? In a day? Yeah, right.

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Winning the Trifecta

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Doc Arnett

It was twenty-two years ago today that we began to make our way through this world together. The odds, some would say, so stacked against us that there was no way we would last more than a year or two … Continue reading →

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Morning, Oblivious

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Black cows graze

in the dim light,

oblivious to fog and bluffs,
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Taking a Stand

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I had thought it was a completely rational idea to have the horses keep the grass “mowed” on the state right-of-way. It would save gas, give the horses extra grazing they needed and, in the long run, save me time. So I put up a temporary extension fence down by the highway. Continue reading →

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Storm Surge

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The storm that came through the area just over a week ago laid down some destruction over at Maryville, Missouri. Straight-line winds and hail blew down trees and blew out windows, ripped up some roofs and left streets and lawns strewn with limbs and leaves. Continue reading →

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August Morning

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Such dews as this

seem to come only in the heat of summer,
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