Category Archives: Spiritual Contemplation

Support Members

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Doc Arnett

You cannot take away the foundation of a structure and expect it to hold secure. Continue reading →

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Vicarious Splendor

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It’s Thursday morning now and I’m still not ready to roller skate my way through a buffalo herd, but at least I can walk in the general direction of where I’m aiming. Continue reading →

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Life’s Good Blending

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Not since the days of my dissertation back in the 80’s have I felt such a sense of constant pressure and stress. Continue reading →

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Sideways

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Doc Arnett

The change in my prayer approach hasn’t resulted in me thinking I am now God’s gift to teachers. It hasn’t made me rich nor brought me a flood of accolades. What it has done is given me more peace before, during and after the trainings. Continue reading →

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Not Any, Not All

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Doc Arnett

None of it compares
to the glory

that shall be revealed
in us.

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Good Help

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Yes, love takes a thousand forms. But it must take form of some kind. Love unshown is love unknown. Continue reading →

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Apple Time

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Doc Arnett

If you grew up in southern Kentucky during the 1950’s, there is an important distinction between “apples for the horse” and “horse apples.” Continue reading →

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Ah, Troubles

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Doc Arnett

But in the dark aloneness, when our deepest hurts are most our own, we bare ourselves before our Maker, wounded, weakened, ashamed and angry of our suffering. Continue reading →

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Meditation on Darkness

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Doc Arnett

But I have had enough experience with the darkness to see its draw and understand that pain can reach a point where almost any risk seems worth taking. Continue reading →

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Horse Sense

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Doc Arnett

There’s always a reason for anything that other people do. Most of the time, that reason makes sense from a certain perspective. Continue reading →

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