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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Parable of the Pear and the Pair
The Bradford Pear is in full bloom now,
thirty feet of boughs and branches
covered with false promises,
white as heaven, each blossom a little lie: Continue reading →
A Good Day Off
But when I got home and stepped out into the sixty-degree air on a beautifully sunny day… well, plans changed. I put the wood in the garage and shifted to the new plans.
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Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
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Tagged blading gravel, Kubota, Kubota tractor, landscaping, mowing
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Unseasonably Gorgeous
It was surreal to see the white clustered shapes of Bradford Pears nearly disappear against the sudden backdrop of snow. Fallow fields showed pure white. The northern edges of bare-branched trees starked white-boned sketches against the hills. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged alternate perception, appreciation, beauty, contrary, late snow, Midwest, snow in April, snow storm, unpopular
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Gettin’ Ready
I’ve held the hands
of those whose final hours
were upon them,
prayed with their families
in that time of groaning and grieving. Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged acceptance, comfort, grieving, loss
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The Pastor’s Visit
She’s in remarkably good health for a dying woman:
nothing really hurts,
everything else works
with both mind and body.
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Faith, Fear & the Nearness of Eternity
In the howling chillness of the night,
a thin skin of ice formed
un-smoothly on the surface
of the rainwater tub. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged attitude, bombing, Boston, Boston Marathon, choices, fertilizer plant explosion, response, self-pity, Texas, West
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Boston Marathon, 2013
Shards of smoke and fire,
a burning blasting of glass and metal,
yells of horror:
a shock wave of disbelief Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports
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Tagged aid, bomb, Boston Marathon, courage, helping, love, marathon, response, running, terrorism, triage
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Things That Last
Sometimes
I have held to hope too lightly:
letting go too easily
in the long night of doubt
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Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged discouragement, faith, giving up, holding on, hope, love, perseverance, surrender, wisdom
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Watching the Storm
a long firing
runs a white hot wire
all across the northern sky: Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged lightning, nature, night, rain, resurrection, return of Christ, storm, technology
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Transformation, Part II
Since childhood, I have tried to contemplate the implications of actually obeying the teachings of The Carpenter. Most of those teachings are not really all that complicated, just really counter to my natural inclinations. Continue reading →
Reflections by Doc Arnett 