Category Archives: Relationships

Getting There

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Theology at times seems to me like trying to explain the universe to a tree frog. I have found faith much more satisfying than theology. Continue reading →

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Fencing the Horse Pasture

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Doc Arnett

The man who works with me
is not here because of pay or promise
but because of friendship, Continue reading →

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A Quiet Faith

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Doc Arnett

We will all, in whatever ways and with whatever responses, further experience the gleanings and meanings of this life we are given. Some carried in the soft breathing of loved ones’ sleeping and others in the prayers of early hours.
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Come On In

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Our friend, Jesus, is no less eager to receive us as his guests. No matter how late it is. Continue reading →

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Close Proximity

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It just might be that the second best place in the world to start doing good is right down the street. The best place is right next door. Continue reading →

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Travel Troubles

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Doc Arnett

He’d planned to spend the evening with friends, not in desperate search for a tow truck and a mechanic who might somehow consider spending his weekend rebuilding a transmission. Continue reading →

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Still Taking Chances

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Doc Arnett

We ought, I think, embrace the risk of loving rather than choosing the safe loneliness of insulation. Continue reading →

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Plan B

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Most often, doing something is far more productive than lamenting the distance between what we had hoped for and the reality of our lives. Continue reading →

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Home Place

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It’s the years of living and belonging, of knowing folks, of having shared some of the worst and best that life can send your way. Continue reading →

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Time for Pruning

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It is often easy to make the wrong snip, to take away what could have soon been lovely. Continue reading →

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