Category Archives: Christian Living

The Frustration of Humanity

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, “home handyman” seems like an oxymoron. Making the same stupid mistakes on a project can make me feel like an ox and a moron! Continue reading →

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Hard Work

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Doc Arnett

After three years of “work in progress,” Randa finally has a completed… and completely remodeled kitchen! Continue reading →

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A Pale Sun

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Doc Arnett

It doesn’t take much wind
to put an ache in your hands
when the temperature lands
in the area of minus double-digits: Continue reading →

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Remodeling 2014

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, we have to live, at least for a while, amidst ugly that we cannot change. But that awareness should not become an excuse for not doing what we can to make things better. Continue reading →

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Horse Sense

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, it’s a little hard to predict what something or someone else will like. For instance, who would guess that a Rocky Mountain gelding would love mulberry bark? How do you see that coming? Continue reading →

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Somber Beauty

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Doc Arnett

The slightest trace of pink
colored the curls of clouds
low over the ridge
just past the creek;
the least bit of light
leaking from a hidden rising. Continue reading →

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Happy Hump Day

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A high of sixty degrees sounds mighty fine for the middle of December… but there’s an even better forecast for the days ahead for those who believe. Continue reading →

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A More Accurate Account

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Doc Arnett

While childhood stories might become “fantasized” to some degree, our personal testimony should never be glorifed. Sometimes, we wrestle with demons. Sometimes, we lose. Continue reading →

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A Difficult Phrasing

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Doc Arnett

We live in a world of both blessing and cursing. Joy and heartache often tumble in on each other. One grandchild is born, another, yet unborn, dies. Continue reading →

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Winter Blessing

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Doc Arnett

To be safe in spite
of a sheath of ice
that covers everything visible
for hundreds of miles, Continue reading →

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