Category Archives: Christian Devotions

Wedding Waltz

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Doc Arnett

My good friend, Bill Jolliff, rightly observed nearly forty years ago, “We worry too much and dance too little.” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Music, Spiritual Contemplation, Worship | Tagged Bride of Christ, celebration, dancing, David Ruis, heavenly waltz, waltz, We Will Dance | Comments Off

Yielding Toward Harvest

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Doc Arnett

The quiet beauty of a moonlit night washes over northeast Kansas. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Farming, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged corn, fields, harvest, heavy dew, moon, moonlight, night scenes, northeast Kansas, pastures, resurrection | Comments Off

Good Fruit Takes Time

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It takes time for a honeydew melon to get fully ripe. It takes us a bit of maturing and growth to produce good fruit, too. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, food, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged bearing fruit, fruit, fruit of the Spirit, patience, persistence, time | Comments Off

Down and Dirty

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Doc Arnett

“He knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.”
Isn’t that awesome?!! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged forgiveness, guilt, humility, judging others, judgment, mercy, shame, sin, truth | Comments Off

Ambitions for a Summer Day

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Doc Arnett

I love these cool August mornings and the beauty of their forming. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged August mornings, beauty, dew, farm chores, forgiveness, gratitude, pastoral scene, summer mornings | Comments Off

Extraordinary Lives

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Doc Arnett

With plenty of reasons and even more excuses for bitterness and resentment, Marjy Cottle chose grace, faith, and joy. She let go of the past and embraced her future. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, suffering | Tagged attitude, disappointment, divorce, extraordinary lives, grace, happiness, hardship, joy, Marjy Cottle | Comments Off

Obstacle Course

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Doing a mudrun without any training isn’t the best way to go about it… but it can still be done… if you don’t quit! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged conditioning, exercise, facing life's challenges, Mud Run, mudrun, obstacle course, stamina, testing | Comments Off

Next Year’s Peaches

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Doc Arnett

This year’s new growth is what produces next year’s fruit. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged being fruitful, being productive, fruit, fruit of the Spirit, growth, pruning | Comments Off

Forge Work

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It takes a bit of heat and hammering to reshape steel… and to shape us into God’s likeness. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Alvie Farris, bending metal, blacksmith, Browns Grove KY, character, forge, God's work in us, shaping, shaping steel, testing | Comments Off

The Listing of the Spirit

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Doc Arnett

One of the great witnesses of God’s presence is found in our bearing the fruit of the Spirit.
Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged bearing the fruit of the Spirit, fruit of the Spirit, God's grace, God's leading, God's love, Holy Spirit, indwelling of Holy Spirit, mercy | Comments Off