Category Archives: Spiritual Contemplation

Loving the Weather

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Doc Arnett

We’ve gone from minus twenty wind chills to sixty degrees in less than a week. Thunderstorms tonight and snow tomorrow. Definitely not boring! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged attitude, changes, expect good, grace, northeast Kansas, weather | Comments Off

A Heart-Healthy Lunch

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Doc Arnett

The best exercise we can get is when we combine compassion and physical activity to help make things better for those around us. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged Barry Simmons, clearing ice, clearing snow, Craig Mosher, doctorate, helping out, Highland Community College, humility, job descriptions, PhD, PhD's, pitching in, professor, shoveling snow, snow storms | Comments Off

Beyond Winter’s Testings

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Even in the long harsh winter, God’s work continues in us; His fruit is born in all seasons. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged chores, endurance, feeding horse, fruit, hope, perseverance, spiritual growth, spring, suffering, sunrise, winter morning | Comments Off

Getting Rid of the Stink

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Doc Arnett

As far back as I can remember I’ve had sort of a low-grade phobia about being sprayed by skunks. It was a well-formed fear, with lots of reinforcement. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Humor, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged atonement, burial, Jesus, odor, redemption, relative, sacrifice, salvation, sin, skunk, skunk spray, Son of God, stench, stink | Comments Off

Hickory Smoked Excuses

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Tired of the cold and the snow? Time to burn up the excuses and fire up some hickory smoked burgers! Continue reading →

Posted in Relationships | Tagged burgers, cold, excuses, fun in winter, grill, grilling, hickory smoke, hickory smoked burgers, snow, winter grilling | 1 Comment

Sundogs

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, getting the view we want to see requires that we endure some discomfort… like taking pictures in a minus twenty wind chill. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Doniphan County KS, ice dogs, nature photography, perspective, pictures, prism, snow storm, sun, sundogs, winter phenomenon | Comments Off

January’s Passing

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Even memory seems dulled
by the constant cold;
did the snows start in November
or was it even before that
this year? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cold, crescent moon, endurance, feeding horses, hope, moon, night, sky, winter | Comments Off

Ice in Atlanta

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Doc Arnett

What happens when ice and snow suddenly show up in a Southern city? Chaos, misfortune and massive opportunity for others to ridicule. Might be that empathy would be a better response… Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Atlanta storm, Birmingham storm, driving on ice, empathy, ice, judging, regional prejudice, ridicule, snow, understanding | Comments Off

The Aftermath of Tragedy

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I think that deep down, a lot of us wish God would “guide” every decision we make so that we would always make perfect ones and life would be blissful and we’d never screw up and things would be just perfect. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged bad things good people, calamity, explanation of tragedy, God is at work for good, injustice, life isn't fair, tragedy, unfairness | Comments Off

The Touch of God

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Doc Arnett

A woman, a man with Down’s syndrome and a Wal-mart cashier provide an almost worshipful experience on a mundane trip to the store on a cold night. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cashier, checkout, Down's syndrome, gentleness, handicapped child, mother, parenting, Wal-Mart, worship | Comments Off