Category Archives: Nature

Purpose Driven Life

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Spring has surged
so green and sudden
that the Bradford pears
have already gone
from bloom to leaf. Continue reading →

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A Dark Blue Dawning

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Doc Arnett

The sky has the look of storm to it this morning, a forming in the night of dark shapes and deep shadows. Continue reading →

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Those who approach in hungry humility, eager for the very words of life, hearts and minds yearning for the refreshing of the Spirit, find a filling in Scripture that cannot be found in anything else. Continue reading →

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A Few Concerns

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Doc Arnett

In all of this and more, I remember that we live in a fallen world, a world of pain, disease, affliction and death. I remember that the power of faith, often expressed in prayer, is remarkable and inexplicable. I remember that the God of the Storm has promised that I will be able to bear every burden, every test, every temptation. Continue reading →

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A Strong Wind

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Here in the Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska corner of Kansas, it is a rare day that the wind does not blow. Continue reading →

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After the Storm

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Doc Arnett

but I think
that when we have survived the storm
we ought to be cautious
in noting our inconveniences. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged blessing, farm, farming, feeding horses, Kansas, mud, rain, storm, survival, surviving, testing, trials, wind | Comments Off

February Dawn

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Doc Arnett

The last crescent of a winter moon gives its glow to the snowy frost along the hill sloping toward the shed. Between the moon and the ridge, elm trees along the fence line stretch the black of their brushy ends against the orange rim of the eastern sky. Continue reading →

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The Witness of a Greater Light

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I love the look of a winter moon,
barely past full,
just that slight slump of the middle
suggesting it is only slightly less
than the night before.
Continue reading →

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The Adopted

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Of course, I believe that all domesticated animals conspire to maximize the expenses of their owners, even going to the point of deliberately contracting various diseases for the primary, even sole purpose of making us spend money on them. Continue reading →

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The Freezing Fog

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Doc Arnett

we must strive in the shadows of clouds
and never allow our seeing to vanquish vision.
Continue reading →

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