Category Archives: Christian Living

The Hard Truths of Winter Remodeling

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Doc Arnett

While it might be true that the best things in life are free, most of the pretty good ones take a lot of hard work! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Poetry, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged challenges, cold weather, perseverance, persistence, winter | Comments Off

Hiking in the Dark

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Doc Arnett

When fatigue tugs at our limbs and exhaustion etches into our joints, he who has shaped our path will still give us strength. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Exercise, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Bright Angel Trail, exhaustion, Grand Canyon, hiking, Mark Flickinger, presence of God, providence, South Kaibob Trail, strength, tired, training, weary | Comments Off

An Unexpected Glory

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Doc Arnett

When we leave the easy path and follow the leading of the Light, we will sometimes find unexpected glory illuminating the most common things. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged glory, Grand Canyon, Grandview Point, Holy Spirit, leading, light, ordinary, perspective, sunlight, sunrise | Comments Off

Another Fine Mess

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Draining the swamp can be a pretty messy job… but there is stuff that leaves a stain that’s worse than mud! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Exercise, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Arkansas River, Camp Horizon, dams, doing good, drainage, flooding, mess, mud, opportunity | Comments Off

Copperheads & Conversations

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Doc Arnett

There are certain types of beauty best appreciated from a comfortable distance… or only in pictures… Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged close calls, copperheads, danger, hiking, poisonous snakes, snakes, vigilance, woods | Comments Off

An Easy Lift

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Doc Arnett

I figured if I was walking in that hitchhiker’s shoes after a long day of work… I’d rather be riding in a car! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged a cup of cold water, car trouble, heavenly reward, helping, hitchhiker, reward, strangers | Comments Off

The Power of One

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Doc Arnett

The power of hope often begins with one person. The belief of one therapist opened up a completely different life for one autistic child… and his family. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, College, education, Family, Higher Education, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Teaching | Tagged autism, autistic, belief, C. J. Hoffman, Hanna Hoffman, hope, John Hoffman, sacrifice, support | Comments Off

Watching Death

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Among the things that I admire is the devotion of women and men to one another in those final hours. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged devotion, dying, faithfulness, husband's death, keeping watch, loyalty, slow death, wives, women | Comments Off

High Roofs, Clogged Gutters and the Investigation of Immortality

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Doc Arnett

There are many options for contemplating our mortality; one of the most keenly focused is cleaning out the gutters on an old two-and-a-half story house. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged basement, cleaning gutters, danger, gutters, high roof, home maintenance, risk, water in basement | Comments Off

Making a Good Day

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Doc Arnett

While rain might ruin some plans it can make others work perfectly. Better to open one umbrella than to curse the showers… Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged attitude, blessings, choice, grateful, life, perspective, poor and unknown, rain, rain in Kansas, rainy day, rich and famous, seasons | Comments Off