Category Archives: Work

Finishing Work

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Doc Arnett

when the nature of Jesus has become our own nature, others will have greater difficulty finding the seams between what we are and what we believe. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged drywall finishing, fruit of the Spirit, improvement, practice, qualities, remodeling, sheetrock | Comments Off

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 →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged adversity, helping out, rebuild transmission, relief, salvation, transmission repair, transmission trouble | Comments Off

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 →

Posted in Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged action, adapt, adjusting, change, disappointment, expectations, weather | Comments Off

The Life Aquatic

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Doc Arnett

When we funnel trouble into our lives through our own carelessness, indifference or ignorance, we better be ready to clean up a mess.
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Posted in Christian Living, Humor, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged basements, Bobcat, equipment, excavation, water problems, yard work | Comments Off

Escaping the Heat

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Doc Arnett

If temporary personal comfort and financial mercy produce such delight in us, how much more knowing that we have been spared from the debt of our sin and the price of our former disobedience?

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Posted in Christian Living, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged air conditioning, expenses, frustration, hot weather, repairs | Comments Off

Schedule Change

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It is probably a good thing, no matter how delayed, to learn to attend to things according to their need rather than to my desires. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged changing, dogma, mowing grass, needs, responding to needs | Comments Off

A robin had flown in low and landed on the stones less than ten feet away from me. She stood, tilting her head, looking first at me and than at the litter of scattered grass and then back at me. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged desperation, faith, faith and desperation, mowing, robins, trimming grass, weed-eater | Comments Off

A Slow Planting

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Doc Arnett

This body is not the substance of our immortality but is rather its seed. And no seed can bear its fruit until it has been planted. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Farming, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged dying, farmers, frail, hope, planting, poor health, resurrection, slow death | Comments Off

Promises of the Wind

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Doc Arnett

“All of work
will one day
have its reward.” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged childhood, dairy, dairy farm, duties, God, growing up, labor, rewards, work | Comments Off

The Long Way Around

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Life’s little detours have their way of leaving their mark on things. Continue reading →

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