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Category Archives: Christian Living
Marriage Counseling at Haven Hill
They come to us
in the pain of betrayal and guilt,
hurt and anger,
wondering what hope there is
that a thing this broken
can be made whole again
Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged adultery, forgiveness, healing relationships, infidelity, marriage counseling, surviving an affair
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Damage Control
The waters ripped chunks
the size of houses out of highways,
washed away sections of road and bridge,
Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged flood damage, Gavins Point Dam, I-29, Missouri River, Nebraska, rebuilding, US 36
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Gloom, Despair and Agony
It’s true that stuff happens and some of it is pretty awful. Some of it is just unpleasant. And, an awful lot of it is just different from what we’d like it to be. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged cold front, computer virus, conspiracy, destiny, devil, disappointment, God, providence, weather
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Morning Feeding
The whiteness of the horse shed
shows beneath the spreading pines
silhouetted against the sky
and dwarfed by the eighty-foot cottonwood
Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
Tagged cottonwoods, feeding horses, full moon, Kansas morning, mist, morning
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September Blessing
faith fresh as dew,
love as abounding as the sky,
and hope strong as the rising sun.
Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Poetry, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged faith, hope, love, patience, peace, September sky
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A Blessing of Gray
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
Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged beauty, driving, fog, highway, Highway 36, Kansas, Wolf River
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The Long Summer
Posted in Christian Living, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
Tagged dendurance, endurance, flooding, God's strength, grace, levee, Missouri floods, patience
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Beyond Doctrine
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
Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged death, drunk drivers, forgiveness, kindness, loving your enemies, mercy, vengeance
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Emancipation Proclamation
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.
Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
Tagged abundant life, blessings, deliverance, forgiveness, freedom, joy, mercy, vengeance
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Reflections by Doc Arnett 