Category Archives: Spiritual Contemplation

Have You Heard the Ice Bells?

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Instead of the heavy, thick ice I expected, the formations were more like crystal bells, hollow and incredibly thin and fragile. Continue reading →

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Elijah Daniel Switzer

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I hold Daniel a while longer, caressing him and these few moments, looking at him and cradling him in ways that my father never held my children. Continue reading →

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Contrition & Exultation

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Doc Arnett

How fine to see the mercy that lifts me, spares me, eases me through the deepest darkness and finds me standing in the vapor of a lifting fog, safe, anchored to Him who does not change! Continue reading →

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Bowl Games

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Somehow, it has always seemed that fathers need more forgiveness than grandfathers. Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Blessing

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Doc Arnett

The blessing of smiles and hugs at the front door,
the sound of laughter in the living room,
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A Few Good Things

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Ought not a Christian nation
be the most humble on the face of the earth? Continue reading →

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It Is Well

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Doc Arnett

In the midst of life’s deepest griefs, in the moment of our greatest fears, in the time of trials and testings, in the unbounded joy of greatest blessing and in the rut-running routine of life in between all those, choices come to us. Continue reading →

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Sharing

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Doc Arnett

There are many incredibly gifted people in the world. Some whose gifts have given them more wealth than nations, some whose gifts have brought them fame and acclaim. Continue reading →

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Forever

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Doc Arnett

But even when faith has passed into sight
and hope into holding,
there will be love.
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Down by the Riverside

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Doc Arnett

To do justice often requires risk. And for the weak and frail, it is only by the love of others that they are able to prevail. Continue reading →

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