Category Archives: Spiritual Contemplation

Snoozing

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I have to confess that I love the snooze button. I love those extra minutes of sleep, that extra time of comfort in warm covers.
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Walking the Olentangy on a Rainy Afternoon

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Doc Arnett

There are many who die

in this notion of nature’s balance,

unaltered by willful compassion,

the greater preying upon the lesser
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Reflections along the River

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Whatever reaches light

can bear its fruit

even in the midst of mud and clay,
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The Morning After

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Doc Arnett

My son, Sam, sits on the big recliner in the corner of the living room, holding Levi. He is the youngest of three, not yet three months old. His lips curl open, a ready smile in response to a gentle finger nudging his throat or cheeks. Continue reading →

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Solo Vacation

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Regardless of equine and feline concerns, I’m excited about the trip, looking forward to the visits, even though I will miss my wife. It is a particular blessing, too, to know that neither of us will dread my coming home.

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Noise Machine

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The distractions of our busy-ness may be keeping us from alerting to the signals of more important issues: a child needing something more than fifteen minutes help with homework, a neighbor on the brink of despair, Continue reading →

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Rite of Passage

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Doc Arnett

we have largely lost the rite of passage that marks moving from child to man. In this age of indulgence and every kid with a cell phone by age nine, we have blurred the line that used to signal adulthood. Continue reading →

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Symphony

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Doc Arnett

As the symphony began to play its opening number for the season, a Mozart piece, I leaned forward in anticipation. Continue reading →

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September Blessing

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Doc Arnett

On this day of sky so blue the least, thin cloud seems but a thought, may the Lord’s own hand bless you with peace that stretches from dawn to dusk and lay you down gentle, ready for your rest. On … Continue reading →

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Seasonal

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Across the way from the beans, entire fields of corn have already been stripped to harvest. Long rows of stubble contour their way around the terraces, the ditches, the woods. Continue reading →

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