Category Archives: Spiritual Contemplation

Fiddling toward Heaven

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Doc Arnett

Whether you call it a fiddle or a violin, it’s a mighty fine instrument. In the right hands, that is! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Family, Music, Spiritual Contemplation, Worship | Tagged Albert Bazzell, Bill Jolliff, Elizabeth Pitcairn, fiddle, folk music, Pap Bazzell, Terry Brock, violin, Will Gladhart, William Jolliff | Comments Off

Keeping Good Company

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Doc Arnett

No matter how rough things get in life, our boat–if we’re with Jesus–is not going down. We might get wet, but we ain’t going to drown! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged christianity, faith, Jesus, Jesus in the storm, Jesus sleeping in the boat, miracles, peace, storm, trusting Jesus | Comments Off

Storm in the Forecast

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Doc Arnett

Do what you can, don’t be an idiot, and leave the rest of it up to God. Whether you’re talking about the weather or the end of the world as we know it! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged coping, power outage, snow, snow storm, trust God, winter storm | Comments Off

Everything That Breathes

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Doc Arnett

If we have breath, we have both reason and capacity to praise the Lord. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Music, Spiritual Contemplation, Worship | Tagged a capella, praise and worship, praise God, private worship, singing, west Kentucky | Comments Off

Fire and Ice

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Doc Arnett

How fine and peaceful The serenity of a frozen lakeOn a gray morningWhen thoughts of the dayAre slowly forming notions of what may comeAnd love lingers near the surfaceLike the glow of a shrouded sunWarming the motions of what must … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged frozen lake, ice, serenity, sun | Comments Off

Hard Work, Great Benefits

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Well, folks, I have inadvertently developed a new exercise. It focuses primarily on the abdominal core muscles but also provides an intriguing bit of accentuating capacity for the back, triceps, forearms, and shoulders. In fact, it is pretty close to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Humor, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged concrete, crawl space, exercise, forgiving, Humor, mercy, remodeling, returning good for evil, work | Comments Off

The Labors of Love

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Doc Arnett

I sit, alone but not lonely,In the early morning dark of an empty house.I listen to the sound of coffee drippingInto the small pot in the cheap coffee makerThat sits on an old, heavily stained formica counter.There is much in … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged Ben Arnett, carpentry, heaven, old houses, remodeling, repairs, reworking old houses, wiring | Comments Off

Old Friends and Old Hymns

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Doc Arnett

My best old friend from high school had been closer than a brother back in the day. We’d even been brothers-in-law for a few years but both ended up divorced from the sisters we’d married. Over the years, Mark and … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Worship | Tagged friends, friendship, hymns, Mark Hardison, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, reconnection, singing, worship | Comments Off

Reunion Special

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Getting back together this weekend with a friend from high school to sing together in public again for the first time in nearly fifty years! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Music, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged friendship, Mark Hardison, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, reunion, singing | Comments Off

Hard Frost

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Like frost melting from a metal gate on a cold but sunny morning, much of the kindness that we show carries no lasting trace… but is still worth doing. Continue reading →

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