Tag Archives: growth

A Prayer for Shaping

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Doc Arnett

It takes greater strength–and blessing–to be a child of God than a man of the world. Continue reading →

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Next Year’s Peaches

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Doc Arnett

This year’s new growth is what produces next year’s fruit. Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Sage

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Doc Arnett

I marvel at the determination of tender shoots forcing their way up through whatever lies between them and sunlight. Continue reading →

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A Change of Seasons

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Doc Arnett

This explosion of green and growth around us reminds us that there is a season of refreshing… if we do not give up during the droughts of our lives. Continue reading →

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Of Sprouting and Growing

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Doc Arnett

We are not always meant to achieve our growth in the place where we are first planted… Continue reading →

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A Good Thawing

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

It takes a greater warmth
than slightly above freezing
to ease into these colder places
where fewer traces of sun
and warm breeze can reach. Continue reading →

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Sometimes in our self-examinations, we may look too far in the wrong direction. If all I see is where I should be spiritually, I may become too discouraged. If I look back to the beginning of my walk with a wrong perspective, I may become too ashamed. Continue reading →

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