Category Archives: Poetry

Fruit of the Spirit

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Doc Arnett

To sincerely desire and work for the good of others
To celebrate and honor the things that are truly good
To seek and promote that which builds relationship with all
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Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged fruit of the Spirit, gentleness, Holy Spirit, joy, kindness, love, peace, Pentecost, Pentecostals, self-control | 1 Comment

From Dust, Angels

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Held to earth
by body and breath,
rarely eager for the death
that brings us that final release, Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged angels, grace, humility, judging others, life, self-righteousness, virtue | Comments Off

Incomprehensible

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Doc Arnett

The vastness of the universe
reflected
in a single drop of dew
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Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged God's love, heaven, immortality, Jesus, love, mercy, value, worth | Comments Off

The Conjoining

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Doc Arnett

What grace it is
to speak words of healing
to the aching wound, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged character, Christ, grace, humility, Jesus, meekness, mercy, peace, sacrifice | 1 Comment

Lush Lives

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Doc Arnett

We ought to be
at least a bit higher than the grass
and know that it was not deserve
that placed us above the deep wells
of God’s good grace. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Gardening, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adversity, blessing, class distinctions, drought, generosity, grass, green, lateral lines, perseverance, poverty, septic lines, sharing | Comments Off

Hard Ground

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes we are called to a task
that we cannot quite complete
but must make a beginning,
leaving its finishing until
the soil is softer
or we are strengthened, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged acceptance, challenge, Christian devotions, determination, driving posts, drought, effort, fencing, hard ground, heat, obstacles, persistence, setting posts, steel posts, t-posts | Comments Off

Scattered Showers

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There is in our dry times
a rather pointed disappointment
in clouds that hold the color of rain
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Posted in Christian Living, Gardening, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blessings, Christian devotions, clouds, disappointment, drought, dry spell, dry weather, life is not fair, rain | Comments Off

An Unseasonable Heat

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

The grass on berm and bank
is dry and stiff,
the color of despair. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Death & Dying, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged drought, heat, refreshing, southern Indiana, summer | Comments Off

Instruction

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Doc Arnett

We learn forgiveness
flows in every direction
or not at all.
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Posted in Christian Living, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged forgiveness, Golden Rule, grace, life lessons, love, love others, mercy, vengeance | 2 Comments

At the Corner of Royal and St. Peter

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Doc Arnett

She stands in the street,
heat and humidity of a New Orleans afternoon,
flailing at her guitar and wailing her song.
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Posted in Christian Living, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged begging, compassion, desperation, determination, faith, hope, musician, New Orleans, poverty, Royal Street, St. Peter Street, street performer | Comments Off