Tag Archives: hurricane

A Single Leaf

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Doc Arnett

Is it wrong to appreciate beauty and count our own blessings while others are suffering? Continue reading →

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Goodness Born of Tragedy

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Cowboys riding through water five feet deep, people wading to houses, truck drivers pushing through floodwaters… courage, love and unity… Continue reading →

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Climate Change & Challenge

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Across its ranges, terrains and changes, this planet exudes evidence of imbalance and imperfection. Its shakings, quakings, rumblings and rattlings show us that we are not in a world at peace with itself, Continue reading →

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Religion Before the Storm

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Though some may mock the masses and scoff at crutches, I never met a skeptic who thought an umbrella good enough for facing a tornado. Continue reading →

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Isaac Makes Landfall

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Doc Arnett

In the surge of the storm
one finds a focus
so easily lost
in the days of ordinary ease
and comfort. Continue reading →

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Looking Toward Day

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Inconvenience is so much less trying than tragedy and aggravation easier to negotiate than catastrophe.
Continue reading →

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