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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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Come, O Come, Thou Storm of Blessing

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I’ve even heard it said that depression is the exaggerated distance between how you perceive things to be and how you wish they were. Continue reading →

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Scattered Showers

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There is in our dry times
a rather pointed disappointment
in clouds that hold the color of rain
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Autumn Blessing II

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Walk gently
in the midst of this day’s madness,
contribute nothing
to the sadness that is already in the world.
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Emancipation Proclamation

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I remember thinking in my much younger years that the Carpenter’s teaching on forgiveness was just one more example of how he required more of us than was humanly reasonable. Forgiving someone seventy times? In a day? Yeah, right.

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Passing in the Night

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes,
it is something other than worry
that keeps me from my sleep
and moves me toward

this subtle peace. Continue reading →

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Scattered Showers

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Doc Arnett

For a while the wind stirred the dance of branches, a swishing and swaying of muted greens seen through the screen of the second story window. It seemed we would surely have rain but none came. The storm slid further to the north and east and we found not the least traces of darkened earth or gravel, not even a gathering on the windshields of the car and truck parked outside. Continue reading →

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Beyond the Bloom

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I stand still for a moment, close my eyes and draw in that light perfume. It seems to collect in the middle of my brain, suspending thought and filling me with calm. Continue reading →

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What’s Up, Doc?

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Doc Arnett

The river. The temperature. God’s grace. Your intelligence. Blue skies. Buds on tree branches. Blooms on the crocus. Lily stalks. Green on the grass. The smell of spring. The cost of living. The cost of dying. Salvation. The wind. The … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Blessing

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Doc Arnett

The blessing of smiles and hugs at the front door,
the sound of laughter in the living room,
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