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Cold Days and the Way of Faith

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Doc Arnett

These single digit temps cleaning up the horse pen remind me of bitter cold mornings in an unheated milk barn sixty-five years ago… and of how faith sustains us through all things. Continue reading →

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Morning Chores Under a Broken Sky

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Doc Arnett

I like the way the morning sky
bleeds through the branches…

A quiet beauty speaks peace and reminds me that we are called to peace… and to love. Continue reading →

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Mucking the Paddock on the Day After Christmas

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Doc Arnett

A brief glimpse of sunlight in the midst of mucking the horse pen reminded me of peace, beauty, and hope. Continue reading →

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Morning Chores

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Watering plants on a cool summer morning forms its own scenes of beauty, duty and shared love. Continue reading →

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Beyond Winter’s Testings

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Even in the long harsh winter, God’s work continues in us; His fruit is born in all seasons. Continue reading →

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Evening Feeding

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Walking down to the hay barn
in the late light of ending day,

I see soft streaks of color,
strokes of lavender and pink
left above the sinking sun,
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A Quiet Praise

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Doc Arnett

White stems of frost mark the whiskers of the horse around his nose where moist breath has frozen to the nearest available condensing point. He nickers as I walk along the snow-crusted grass path to the shed.

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