Category Archives: Christian Living

Quick Visit

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Doc Arnett

A man whose child lies in critical condition will usually tolerate all of the support he can get. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged accident, affection, caring, critical condition, daughter, hosptial, ICU, injury, loving, man hug, parenting, visiting | Comments Off

Closer Than We Thought

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Doc Arnett

When we have a direct connection to those whose lives have been touched by some tragedy, our response, both emotionally and physically is very different. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged 4-wheeler, accident, accidents, ATV, brain trauma, four-wheeler, injury, love, prayer, tragedy | Comments Off

Good Help and Good Company

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Fact is, I could do all of this plumbing work by myself, taking it step by step, and slogging my way forward. Sooner or later, I’d get it done. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged connecting hottub, connecting whirlpool tub, drainlines, drains, family, helping, plumbing, remodeling, son-in-law, water lines | Comments Off

I pretty much knew as soon as I walked up to the sabino gelding that he would be going home with us. It wasn’t that he indeed looked very much like the pictures Shelley had posted on Craigslist but that certainly didn’t hurt. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged coincidence, horse, horse color, horse name, horses, inspiration, Missouri Foxtrotter, Moses, names, naming horse, sabino, sabino gelding, Tennesse Walker | Comments Off

Trouble Shooting

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I’m a bit suspicious that our society spends too much time complaining and too little time praying. We treat inconveniences as if they were afflictions and afflictions as if they were torture. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged change, complaining, complaints, do something, heat, humidity, prayer, storms, weather | Comments Off

Cedar Blossoms

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Doc Arnett

If you imagined three or four very small starfish kind of melted together in the center with soft, rusty orange spikes radiating outward, you’d have a general idea. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blooming, caring, cedar blooms, cedar trees, charity, giving, humility, involvement, love, seed, service, sharing | Comments Off

Adjustment

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Doc Arnett

We could hear Tango still whinnying as the truck and trailer disappeared around the curve a quarter-mile away. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Arabian, Arabian horse, gelding, horse training, pain, sadness, separation | Comments Off

Extending the Pasture

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Doc Arnett

We work along the eastern edge, cutting back the branches and bushes that have pushed out into the field. With one horse and good rains, this small pasture would be large enough. But in the strange dry and chill of … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged farming, fence, geldings, grazing, horses, pasture, sin, spirituality, stewardship | Comments Off

Mo Better

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Along with finding out how small Highland, Kansas, was and how unprepared he was academically, he also found a teacher who noticed how quiet he was and how much he kept to himself. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Teaching | Tagged alone, angels, caring, college students, friendly, helping, hospitality, strangers | Comments Off

Unwelcome Song

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Doc Arnett

“If a man blesses his neighbor in a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged frustration, robins, sleep, spring, standing up for rights, waking up, wisdom | Comments Off