Monthly Archives: August 2013

Brent Young, Rider for Christ

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Electrocution,
fibromyalgia,
divorce,
addictions,
disabilities,
and an even longer list
should someone want to twist
the meaning of his life
into the past fifty years
instead of the future. Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Direction from a Hitchhiker–Part II

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Doc Arnett

When a man with eleven kids and twenty-five grandkids talks about what he thinks people will like, I’m inclined to listen. Continue reading →

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Direction from a Hitchhiker–Part I

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Something about the way he was walking on a humid July afternoon made me suspicious… suspicious that he wasn’t just out for his daily constitutional. Of course, a good part of that observation was due to my keen perception of … Continue reading →

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