Tag Archives: communication

The Strother Martin Wedding Band

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Doc Arnett

You ever figure out that you’d failed to share that conversation inside your head that you’d been having with someone else ? Continue reading →

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An Elegant Solution

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Doc Arnett

I got pulled into a discussion at work yesterday afternoon. An issue had come up that had triggered some problems for a couple of our people at the college. Early into the conversation, I realized that either there was an … Continue reading →

Posted in College, education, Higher Education, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged communication, conflict resolution, Cowley College, humility, listening, problem solving, win-win solutions | Comments Off

Houston, You Have a Problem

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Now that I’m coming out of the closet about my hearing impairment I want the rest of you to know that I expect you to fix it… Continue reading →

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Practice What You Preach

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Doc Arnett

Why is that we sometimes seem to preserve the misery of resentment over the effort of resolving our conflicts with others? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged communication, conflict resolution, gossip, Jesus' teaching, obedience, resolution | Comments Off

Reach Out and Be Touched

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I’m kind of a lousy father-in-law/grandparent in some respects; Continue reading →

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Dealing with the Neighsayers

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, listening effectively requires us to do a little bit of looking around.

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Ah, Troubles

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Doc Arnett

But in the dark aloneness, when our deepest hurts are most our own, we bare ourselves before our Maker, wounded, weakened, ashamed and angry of our suffering. Continue reading →

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Multi-Tasking

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Doc Arnett

With the low last night in the mid-sixties, this morning was just right for a bit of garden work in the early hours between dawn’s easy light and the cresting of the sun. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Gardening, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blooms, communication, gardening, prayer, roses, spouse, talking to God, trimming roses | Comments Off

A Sagging Sky

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Doc Arnett

The sky looked like an El Greco painting done in shades of gray and turned on its side. Huge drops of cloud emerged from the dark bank and sagged toward the earth with light shafts of mist drifting between them. Continue reading →

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