Tag Archives: faith

Fair Warning

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Take a God like ours, a few good doctors and nurses and a bunch of people praying. Then add a woman who survived raising the four boys that she raised. Then… well, then, just don’t be too surprised at anything. Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Evening

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Doc Arnett

In my fifty-plus years of sunsets and shadows, I’ve never seen a more impressive play of light and tone, spectacular in its subtleness. Continue reading →

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Getting There

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Theology at times seems to me like trying to explain the universe to a tree frog. I have found faith much more satisfying than theology. Continue reading →

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Beyond the Struggle

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I sometimes struggle to release myself from my own plans and believe that he has included me in his. Beyond that struggle lies the place where peace passes understanding and where I can live the abundant life.

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Prayer for Today

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Doc Arnett

May your faith be replenished
by him who does not waver.
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Faith and Fury

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Doc Arnett

A robin had flown in low and landed on the stones less than ten feet away from me. She stood, tilting her head, looking first at me and than at the litter of scattered grass and then back at me. Continue reading →

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The Morel of the Story-Part I

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Without a determined faith and a confident hope, it’s kind of hard to put in the kind of work that leads to good results.
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Taking Fire

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Doc Arnett

I tend to think that a faith that cannot be defended is a faith that is not worth having and that those who approach the story of Jesus with the same fairness given to other historical events will quite likely reach the conclusion of faith. Faith should not fear reason. Continue reading →

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Subject to Change Without Notice

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It would be good for us to live in such trust that we do not fear the furies of this world and its unexpected changes. Continue reading →

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Growing Panes

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Doc Arnett

While it is true that ignorance almost always exaggerates fear, it sometimes takes more than knowledge to eliminate it. Continue reading →

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