Category Archives: Christian Living

Faith and Fury

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Doc Arnett

A robin had flown in low and landed on the stones less than ten feet away from me. She stood, tilting her head, looking first at me and than at the litter of scattered grass and then back at me. Continue reading →

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Good Morning and Good Blessings

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Doc Arnett

What is there more welcome than sunshine after a long stretch of gloomy weather? Continue reading →

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A Slow Planting

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Doc Arnett

This body is not the substance of our immortality but is rather its seed. And no seed can bear its fruit until it has been planted. Continue reading →

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Easing Over

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It is never easy to let go, to know that the last conversation upon this earth has been had. Continue reading →

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Witness in the Storm

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Somewhere in the storm, lightning flashed, again and again and again, sending great surges of diffuse light, muffled and muted by the layers of rain and cloud. Continue reading →

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Hard Times

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I look at him and see other old men that I loved. Men with hard hands and soft voices, men gentled by memory. Continue reading →

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Prayer for a Gray Morning

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Doc Arnett

On a day such as this, O Lord,
be near to me, I pray;
Keep its darkness far from my spirit. Continue reading →

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Heavy Soil

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Doc Arnett

There are times, too, when words have no effect whatsoever, no matter how impassioned the plea or how tender the entreaty. Continue reading →

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Ol Roy Turns Over a New Leaf

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Doc Arnett

And I thought, too, how good it would be if all of us just went ahead and did something good for our community, even if no one else showed up and no one else saw what we were doing. Continue reading →

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Beyond the Bloom

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I stand still for a moment, close my eyes and draw in that light perfume. It seems to collect in the middle of my brain, suspending thought and filling me with calm. Continue reading →

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