Category Archives: Relationships

The Incredible Wealth of Scraping By

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Making my way across the freshly mowed grass in the last hour of daylight, I see Ben and his mom outside their tiny, rough apartment. Smoke drifts out from a small grill and Ben is bent over the front wheel of a small bicycle. He looks my way, straightens up and waves, “Hi, Doc!” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged attitude, Blair, Blair Kansas, blessing, getting by, Kansas, making do, neighbors, On Course principles, opportunity, optimism, poverty, resourcefulness, wealth | Comments Off

Driving Rain

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is seldom in life that we gain greater advantage by pushing blindly ahead, not compelled by faith and wisdom, but driven by the stubbornness of our own determination.
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Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged direciton, driving in the rain, patience, semis, storms, thunderstorms, tractor trailers, vision, waiting on the Lord, wisdom | Comments Off

A Preparation of Peace

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I step out the back door into the pleasant air of morning. A dark blue edge shows in the sky, high and to the east, tracing the form of the passing storm front. The horses look up from the low edge of the paddock. They swing around and head toward me, heads bobbing in fast walk. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged dawn, feeding horses, gelding, horse feed, morning, northeast Kansas, Rocky Mountain horse, Tennesse Walking Horse, Tennessee Walker | Comments Off

A Higher Compliment

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is not in the accolades of easy friends
that we gain the higher ground,
nor in the shallow flattery of those
fixed upon their own ends. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Teaching, Work | Tagged correction, criticism, flattery, friendship, improvement, improving, listening, rebuke, self-improvement, true friends | Comments Off

Reflecting on Fifty Years of Change in Societal Beliefs

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Some folks say “it’s only weather”
and I’d say that most days
it is sort of trivial conversation
but then again, I guess tsunamis and hurricanes
are weather, too.
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Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged attitudes, beliefs, changing times, cultural change, shift in views, societal change, weather | 2 Comments

A Hard Spring

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Doc Arnett

And in that returning, I believe her celebration will sound a stronger chorus, resonating with the bark and blooms of the Appalachians, a full resounding with all that God has made and done. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Nature, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Appalachia, Blue Ridge Parkway, cancer, cancer survivor, Doniphan County Kansas, mountains, North Carolina, radiation, radiation therapy, smoky mountains, spring | Comments Off

Neighbors

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Doc Arnett

A couple of weeks ago, I noticed an ambulance over at the old apartment building near our house. At the time, I thought I should go over a while later and see if there was anything that we could do for the family. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged ambulance, care, concern, gospel, help, neighbor, prayer, sharing the gospel | Comments Off

Bailout

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Doc Arnett

On the other hand, being a privileged person in a privileged society, I believe there are other options. I could contact my elected officials and propose that this section of the highway should be re-routed in such a way as to eliminate any irritation to me and inflict it upon my neighbors. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged assistance, bailouts, government bailouts, highway noise, insomnia, noise, remodeling, responsibility, sleep, traffic noise, whining | Comments Off

Long Distance Love

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I guess there aren’t too many of us who haven’t played the “What If?” game a time or two. What if I’d taken the other job? What if I’d moved back there? The game can be anywhere from interesting to torturing, amusing to masochistic. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged choices, distance, distance from family, family, long distance relationships, phone calls, second guessing, self doubt, separation, separation from loved ones | Comments Off

An Ill Wind

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Doc Arnett

After several minutes of encroaching claps of thunder, the strength of the storm erupted in the early hours of our Sunday morning in Kansas. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged birth, blood clots, C-section, daughter, family, he, Kansas, lightning, rain, shortness of breath, storms, thunder, wind | Comments Off

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