Tag Archives: strangers

Through the Panes

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes trying to comfort a crying teenager can be a risky choice. Not trying might not be a good choice, either… Continue reading →

Posted in College, education, Higher Education, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Teaching | Tagged caring, college student, compassion, Cowley College, grief, strangers | Comments Off

The Beauty of Inconvenience

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes kindness to strangers is a bit inconvenient… but it is still kindness. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Butler County, Butler County KS, car trouble, El Dorado, El Dorado KS, helping others, kindness, strangers, US-77 | Comments Off

Short Term Memory

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Doc Arnett

My dad started calling me “the absent-minded professor” when I was a kid. I can’t tell that my memory’s improved much a half-century later… Continue reading →

Posted in College, education, Higher Education, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged annual conference, Chicago, forgetfulness, Higher Learning Commission, HLC, Irish pub, kindness of strangers, Lizzie McNeill's, strangers | Comments Off

H-38

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Doc Arnett

When we choose to overlook small inconveniences, we may find ourselves experiencing great moments…
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Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Ark City, Arkansas City KS, cancer, conversation, H-38, sharing, strangers | Comments Off

The Duke

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Doc Arnett

His ancestors donated the land for Duke University and his step-father flew a private jet for the King of Saudi Arabia… at least that’s what this hitchhiker told me! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Barry Duke, Duke University, Hiawatha KS, hitchhiker, hitchhiking, Prince Farouk, strangers | 1 Comment

Harmony

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I cannot adequately describe the delight I take in sharing music with my children… but I have to try. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Music, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Arkansas, Arrowhead Canoes & Cabins, Caddo River, campfire, Glenwood Arkansas, guitars, harmony, singing, songs, strangers, Warrior Dash | Comments Off

Something’s Up

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Doc Arnett

When a congregation begins to repent and confess its sins and submit to God, it becomes a changed church. This is called revival. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged change, church, confession, congregation, helping others, pastor, repentance, revival, serving, strangers, submission | Comments Off

Biking for Jesus–Part II

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I think we who claim to follow Jesus find it really convenient to muse such questions philosophically and quite inconvenient to make the answers actually guide our behavior. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged biking, Brent Young, church, helping, hospitality, riding, riding bicycle, strangers | 2 Comments

Biking for Jesus–Part I

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Doc Arnett

He also seemed to be tired and in pain. Given that he’d already ridden nearly fifty miles with sixty-to-seventy pounds of gear on his bike, that seemed a safe speculation. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports | Tagged Baptist Church, Brent Young, cross-country cycling, cycling, hospitality, Iowa, Kansas, Lutheran Church, Missouri, Nebraska, riding, riding bicycle, strangers, witnessing | Comments Off

A single blossom carries such a light notion of the smell that you can’t really tell for sure whether it is actual aroma or just the suggestion, a slight trace that made you think of something good and pleasant, something from long ago that you couldn’t forget but can barely remember. Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blooms, blossoms, locust, locust trees, Pentecost, prayer, Quaker, silence, strangers, worship, worship service | Comments Off