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.

Reunion Special

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Getting back together this weekend with a friend from high school to sing together in public again for the first time in nearly fifty years! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Music, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged friendship, Mark Hardison, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, reunion, singing | Comments Off

Hard Frost

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Like frost melting from a metal gate on a cold but sunny morning, much of the kindness that we show carries no lasting trace… but is still worth doing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged appreciation, consideration, encouragement, frost, gentleness, heavenly reward, impact, kindness | Comments Off

Working on Sam’s Cabin

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Doc Arnett

I am sitting on the steps of a small porch Of a small cabin tucked into the corner Of a big backyard in an old town in South Carolina. Coffee in hand on the last day in November, I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Family, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged building, cabin, carpentry, construction, family, Sam Arnett, son, work | Comments Off

A Thanksgiving Dawn

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Doc Arnett

The soft glow of color on a cloudless morning provides a peaceful dawning for a day of Thanksgiving. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Family, food, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged beauty, blessings, dawn, gratitude, peace, safety, Thanksgiving | Comments Off

Plumb Aggravating

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Well, folks, It was a right aggravating day with the plumbing project. I’ll spare you the play by play reporting, but let’s just say that when Ben and I turned the water back on at his house, the results were … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged failure, frustration, humiliation, plumbing, water leaks | Comments Off

Evening Promises

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Beyond the black lace of the neighbor’s treesTraced against a glowing sky,A thin slice of burnished gold fires the horizon.Slight gray clouds stretch like the fingers of a great, invisible hand,Spanning from that gold to the pastel blue overhead.Orange curls … Continue reading →

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The Third Leaf

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Doc Arnett

A farmer gets very unexpected gas mileage from a new VW… and has on idea he’s getting help. But not from a divine source! Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged autumn, falling leafs, gas mileage, pranks, rare, strange incidents, unusual, Volkswagen | Comments Off

A Lingering Glory

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Astonished by a glorious sunset that lasted for an hour, I cannot imagine the lasting glory of the new heavens and the new earth. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Resurrection/Return, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged glory, Kansas, Missouri, Missouri River, new earth, new heavens, spectacular sunset, sunset | Comments Off

An Almost Empty Nest

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Seeing a lone eagle in an old nest in the coming darkness nudges the longing for my grown children. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Family, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Doniphan County Kansas, eagles, grown children, loneliness, missing family, northeast Kansas, old trees | 1 Comment

The Right Words

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Aren’t you glad that God very clearly hears our hearts even when our words are a bit jumbled and our thoughts are tumbled? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Charlie Arnett, language, margarine vs. butter, precise language, proper grammar, Ruby Arnett | Comments Off