Category Archives: Relationships

A Shovelful of Prayer

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Doc Arnett

In the morning after the rain,

fog settled in the hills and trees

across the fields and along the creek.
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Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Elwood, flooding, Kansas, levee, levee breach, levees, Missouri River, Saint Joe, Saint Joseph, sandbags, St. Joseph, Wathena | Comments Off

Just a Little Farther

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Doc Arnett

It’s a bit freaky how much of the world’s needs can be pushed out of sight by a decent steak.
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Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged doing good, helping, highway, hiking, hitchhikers, opportunity, prime rib, river, St. Joseph, steak | Comments Off

Stray Cats

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Knowing that we sometimes scratch and claw and hiss at the very one trying to bless us, he reached down and lifted us to him anyway. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adoption, arrowheads, artifacts, cats, compassion, forgiveness, God's love, kittens, pets, puppies, son-in-law | Comments Off

Quick Visit

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Doc Arnett

A man whose child lies in critical condition will usually tolerate all of the support he can get. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged accident, affection, caring, critical condition, daughter, hosptial, ICU, injury, loving, man hug, parenting, visiting | Comments Off

Closer Than We Thought

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Doc Arnett

When we have a direct connection to those whose lives have been touched by some tragedy, our response, both emotionally and physically is very different. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged 4-wheeler, accident, accidents, ATV, brain trauma, four-wheeler, injury, love, prayer, tragedy | Comments Off

Good Help and Good Company

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Fact is, I could do all of this plumbing work by myself, taking it step by step, and slogging my way forward. Sooner or later, I’d get it done. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged connecting hottub, connecting whirlpool tub, drainlines, drains, family, helping, plumbing, remodeling, son-in-law, water lines | Comments Off

I’m a bit suspicious that our society spends too much time complaining and too little time praying. We treat inconveniences as if they were afflictions and afflictions as if they were torture. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged change, complaining, complaints, do something, heat, humidity, prayer, storms, weather | Comments Off

Cedar Blossoms

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Doc Arnett

If you imagined three or four very small starfish kind of melted together in the center with soft, rusty orange spikes radiating outward, you’d have a general idea. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blooming, caring, cedar blooms, cedar trees, charity, giving, humility, involvement, love, seed, service, sharing | Comments Off

Miscarriage

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Doc Arnett

But how, then,

do we ease the pain of the loss

of the un-named child?
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Posted in Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged abortion, baby, death of child, death of infant, grief, loss, miscarriage, pain, sharing, sorrow, stillborn, unborn | Comments Off

Adjustment

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Doc Arnett

We could hear Tango still whinnying as the truck and trailer disappeared around the curve a quarter-mile away. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Arabian, Arabian horse, gelding, horse training, pain, sadness, separation | Comments Off