Tag Archives: fog

After the Rain

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Even small things
must be done carefully,
else the good we intend
for those we love
will seem more like cursing than blessing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged coffee, coffee makers, fog, foggy morning, making coffee, small things | Comments Off

A Chance of Rain

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A full moon sets a ruffled glow
showing through the clouds,
a vague and veiled testimony
like the hazy kiss of fog against the face. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged drought, evidence, existence of God, fog, mist, northeast Kansas, rain, understanding | Comments Off

Cool Risings

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A few cows move through the mist of morning
in the pasture beyond the highway.
Heavy dew has formed on the thick grass,
leaving a dull silvery look. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cows, Doniphan County, fog, heavy dew, Kansas, mist, morning | 1 Comment

Feeding in the Fog

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Doc Arnett

It is good to know the sight of home,
good to keep its glowing firmly in heart Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged alfalfa, brome, feeding hay, feeding horses, fog, guidance, guiding light, home, inspiration, light, timothy | Comments Off

A Blessing of Gray

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Doc Arnett

There’s a long, winding line of willows and cottonwood running along the river where the Wolf makes its way toward the Missouri. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged beauty, driving, fog, highway, Highway 36, Kansas, Wolf River | Comments Off

Morning, Oblivious

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Black cows graze

in the dim light,

oblivious to fog and bluffs,
Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged calm, cattle grazing, fog, morning coffee, nature, reflection, summer morning | Comments Off

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 →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Resurrection/Return, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged beauty, faith, fog, hope, mist, Northern Lights, renewal, repentance, sky, sunset | Comments Off

Whether Forecast

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Doc Arnett

What is clear, though, is that God’s love and mercy, his faithfulness, his leading and calling, his provision and training are not dependent upon climate patterns, not altered by Arctic blasts nor stalled out fronts. Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged care, cold, drizzle, fog, hope, presence, providence, weather | Comments Off

Labor Day

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Doc Arnett

In this quiet hour of surrounding gray, there are things seen more clearly than in the full glare of a clear day.
Continue reading →

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Through the Fog

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Doc Arnett

We must abandon the illusion of the clear day that suggests that we control our way and allow him to guide us through the fog of our grief, our pain, our anger, our wounding. Continue reading →

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