Category Archives: Christian Living

Finders, Keepers

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Doc Arnett

So, Gramma Randa being the imaginative woman she is and Hunter being over at our place yesterday, she suggested I take Hunter fishing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Atchison State Fishing Lake, bass, bluegill, Christian devotions, family, fishing, God, grandchildren, grandkids, grandsons, spiritual insight, summer | Comments Off

There are times when the illumination of heaven reveals to us a wonderful potential, a promise of growth and maturing and fulfillment. In those instances when hope burns within us and we suddenly see the evidence of God’s touch upon us, we are changed. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Antioch Church of Christ, faith, first whiskers, growing up, hope, inspiration, KY, Murray, self-belief, shaving, vision, youth groups | Comments Off

Answered Prayer

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Doc Arnett

After these weeks of triple digit heat
in a summer that began in April,
this second season of drought Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged answered prayer, blessing, drought, heat, Kansas, praying for rain, rain, suffering | Comments Off

Battle at Randolph Creek

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I guess it might be a bit presumptuous to say the Lord was thinking of little boys when He made creeks. I think it would be fair, though, to say that there’s little else like a creek when it comes to entertaining a boy. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Blair, Blair Kansas, creek, Doniphan County, grandchildren, grandparents, growing up, having fun, kids, mud fight, Randolph Creek, summer, summer fun | Comments Off

Of Toads and Timbers

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is in the careful blending of work and play that boys become healthy men. And the men who can still be boys at the right time just might become the kind of Granpa’s that boys want to visit again. Even when they’re old. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged deck building, grandchildren, grandpa, grandparents, grandsons, pancakes, play, remote control toys, toads, work | 1 Comment

A Small Triumph

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is the day of the Warrior Dash, another hot day in late June in central Kentucky. For the last six weeks, there hasn’t been a night that I have not awakened, thinking about this event. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged cross country, exercise, family, heat, Kentucky, middle age fitness, preparation, racing, Warrior Dash | Comments Off

An Unseasonable Heat

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

The grass on berm and bank
is dry and stiff,
the color of despair. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Death & Dying, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged drought, heat, refreshing, southern Indiana, summer | Comments Off

Valor vs. Discretion

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Doc Arnett

By ten o’clock, we were in the eighties and well on own way to a predicted heat index of a hundred-and-one. My occasional bits of work in the un-shaded parts soon had my clothes soaked with sweat. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports, Work | Tagged building deck, deck, determination, discretion, heat, sweat, training, wisdom, workouts | Comments Off

Stamina

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Doc Arnett

On a Friday afternoon in June, preparing for the Warrior Dash, I pull on my running togs and head out the door. It is cloudy with no wind, two factors that are definitely in my favor, at least for the short term. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged Blair, Doniphan County, endurance, jogging, Kansas, preparation, running, spiritual endurance, stamina, Warrior Dash | Comments Off

A New Path

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I never liked running for the sake of conditioning or training or as a means of transportation. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged exercise, jogging, Kentucky, obstacle course, running, St Jude's, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Warrior Dash | Comments Off