Category Archives: Relationships

Winter Party

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Doc Arnett

With a big pile of branches at the bottom of the hill, six inches of snow on the ground, the temperature hovering around the freezing mark and no wind in the forecast, I thought Saturday evening would be the perfect time for a little family get together. Continue reading →

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Reflections Beneath the Snow

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Until these hearts of ours
are set free from fear of pain,
we will gain nothing
of all the grace and goodness that comes our way. Continue reading →

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Broken Voices

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I found her abandoned on a gravel road about three miles away from here. She was around four or five weeks old, her eyes still blue. Continue reading →

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A Passing in the Night

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A dusting of snow
glows on the grass
beneath the light
mounted on the pole
in the neighbor’s yard. Continue reading →

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Matters of the Heart

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I remember Valentine’s Days as a kid at Trenton Elementary School back in the middle years of a previous century. Continue reading →

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Invocation of Blessing

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Doc Arnett

to forgive fervently
and adore all that is pure and good,
to walk quietly in the midst of turmoil Continue reading →

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Replenishment by Depletion

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Many of us are readily inclined to believe that almost no one else has less than we do; no one else has so much bad luck, so much misfortune, so little good. Continue reading →

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Compromise

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Doc Arnett

At ninety,
when his kidneys began to fail,
he decided he was tired of the fighting,
tired of the tooth and nail,
tired of what it takes
to hold on to this world. Continue reading →

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Encouragement for Parents and Partners

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Just love your family, every single hour of every single day of your life and devote yourself to complete imitation of the example of Christ in serving your family. Continue reading →

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The Art of Appreciation

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I think it is easy for us, in the nearness of our lives, to overlook the constant opportunities we have to encourage one another. Continue reading →

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