Category Archives: Spiritual Contemplation

Miscarriage

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Doc Arnett

But how, then,

do we ease the pain of the loss

of the un-named child?
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Posted in Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged abortion, baby, death of child, death of infant, grief, loss, miscarriage, pain, sharing, sorrow, stillborn, unborn | Comments Off

Adjustment

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Doc Arnett

We could hear Tango still whinnying as the truck and trailer disappeared around the curve a quarter-mile away. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Arabian, Arabian horse, gelding, horse training, pain, sadness, separation | Comments Off

We work along the eastern edge, cutting back the branches and bushes that have pushed out into the field. With one horse and good rains, this small pasture would be large enough. But in the strange dry and chill of … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged farming, fence, geldings, grazing, horses, pasture, sin, spirituality, stewardship | Comments Off

Of Altars and Incense

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Doc Arnett

A single blossom carries such a light notion of the smell that you can’t really tell for sure whether it is actual aroma or just the suggestion, a slight trace that made you think of something good and pleasant, something from long ago that you couldn’t forget but can barely remember. Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blooms, blossoms, locust, locust trees, Pentecost, prayer, Quaker, silence, strangers, worship, worship service | Comments Off

Mo Better

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Along with finding out how small Highland, Kansas, was and how unprepared he was academically, he also found a teacher who noticed how quiet he was and how much he kept to himself. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Teaching | Tagged alone, angels, caring, college students, friendly, helping, hospitality, strangers | Comments Off

Unwelcome Song

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Doc Arnett

“If a man blesses his neighbor in a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged frustration, robins, sleep, spring, standing up for rights, waking up, wisdom | Comments Off

A Simple Moment

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Doc Arnett

It seems sadly strange that killing people filled with hate rarely diminishes the hatred that is in the world, nor does violence readily put an end to violence. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged calm, hate, hatred, osama bin laden, peace, violence | Comments Off

Spring Floods

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The river runs heavy,

dark and angry along the levee, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged destruction, farmland, flooding, levee, levee breach, rain, rivers, spring floods | Comments Off

This Day

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Doc Arnett

May you today

speak peace and forgiveness

in the midst of this world’s clamor

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A Quiet Praise

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Doc Arnett

White stems of frost mark the whiskers of the horse around his nose where moist breath has frozen to the nearest available condensing point. He nickers as I walk along the snow-crusted grass path to the shed.

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Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Arabian horse, beauty, chores, cold, Kansas, nature, peace, snow, sunrise | Comments Off