Category Archives: Spiritual Contemplation

Just a Little Farther

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Doc Arnett

It’s a bit freaky how much of the world’s needs can be pushed out of sight by a decent steak.
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Stray Cats

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Knowing that we sometimes scratch and claw and hiss at the very one trying to bless us, he reached down and lifted us to him anyway. Continue reading →

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Quick Visit

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Doc Arnett

A man whose child lies in critical condition will usually tolerate all of the support he can get. Continue reading →

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Closer Than We Thought

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Doc Arnett

When we have a direct connection to those whose lives have been touched by some tragedy, our response, both emotionally and physically is very different. Continue reading →

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Good Help and Good Company

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Fact is, I could do all of this plumbing work by myself, taking it step by step, and slogging my way forward. Sooner or later, I’d get it done. Continue reading →

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A Very Convenient Truth

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I pretty much knew as soon as I walked up to the sabino gelding that he would be going home with us. It wasn’t that he indeed looked very much like the pictures Shelley had posted on Craigslist but that certainly didn’t hurt. Continue reading →

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Trouble Shooting

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I’m a bit suspicious that our society spends too much time complaining and too little time praying. We treat inconveniences as if they were afflictions and afflictions as if they were torture. Continue reading →

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Later than Expected

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Well, I’d have to say the man sounded like he knew where he lived and the best way for me to get there from where I was. Sounded like he knew. As it turned out, I’m a bit less convinced of that now than I was yesterday evening.

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Driving Back from Oak Grove

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Pupil-shrinking stabs of lightning
fire again and again
and thunder rocks the car. Continue reading →

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Cedar Blossoms

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Doc Arnett

If you imagined three or four very small starfish kind of melted together in the center with soft, rusty orange spikes radiating outward, you’d have a general idea. Continue reading →

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