Category Archives: Spiritual Contemplation

Following the Trail

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Doc Arnett

A spring hike in a Kentucky woods with two daughters and five grandchildren stirs old memories and forms brand new ones; all of them are good! Continue reading →

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Things Change

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Even with advanced dementia, there is still poignancy in a visit with my ninety-eight-year-old mother. Continue reading →

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Earth Day, 2014

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Doc Arnett

It’s always a bit scary to see someone else take over something that we’ve loved and cared for. It’s plain painful to see them abuse it. Continue reading →

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A Pretty Good Day

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Doc Arnett

The beauty of a glorious spring day in western Kentucky and Easter dinner with a house full of grandkids… Continue reading →

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Deadly Combination

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Hatred and stupidity is a damnably dangerous combination. Continue reading →

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Dark Changes

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Doc Arnett

We’ve gone from eighty and sunny on Saturday to snow and freeze warnings on Monday… but that’s nothing compared to the changes in Jerusalem that took place in one week nearly two thousand years ago. Continue reading →

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Blessing for a Spring Morning

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I hope that the calm stillness
of this day’s slow wakening
stays with you from dawn till darkness. Continue reading →

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A Whispered Kiss

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Doc Arnett

A tiny girl wipes away all the weariness of a long work day for a tired young father. Continue reading →

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Driving Through Pottawatomie County

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Somewhere south of US 36
along the line of Kansas 63,
you can see where rolling farmland
begins its transition into the Flint Hills. Continue reading →

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Day of Fog and Mist

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I like the way a day like this
settles around you,
pulls a comforting shroud of gray
up close
but not too close, Continue reading →

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