Tag Archives: friends

Summer Serenade

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Doc Arnett

A refreshing breeze and good friends singing under the trees… it doesn’t seem much of an exaggeration to think this is a foretaste of heaven. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Music, Relationships | Tagged friends, guitars, harmony, melody, Music, singing, summer, The Eagles | Comments Off

Of Risk and Reward

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Doc Arnett

By avoiding the potential pain of rejection, we often endure agonizing loneliness. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships | Tagged emotional risk, friendliness, friends, hurt, loneliness, rejection, Relationships, reward, risk, take a chance, vulnerability | Comments Off

Mosaics

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Doc Arnett

If we want to give and gain greater satisfaction in the workplace, we need to make time and place for friendships to form. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged beauty, Boomer's Holton, colleagues, conversation, friends, getting closer, Holton KS, ice storm, northeast Kansas, prairie grass | Comments Off

Seasons of Refreshing

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Doc Arnett

There was a fine feel
in the unseasonable coolness
of October air sent into summer,

like the moving of the Spirit
in a soul sensing the nearness
of its exhaustion, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged coffee, conversation, cool weather, friends, refreshing, summer, talking | Comments Off

From Weed to Flower

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Funny how blooms turn weeds into wildflowers, isn’t it? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blooms, blossoms, bouquet, friends, pasture, perceptions, seredipity, weeds, wildflowers | Comments Off

A Gentle Calling

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Doc Arnett

long threads of red and pink
bleed along the lines of clouds,
incredibly smooth streaks low to the earth,
streaming northward above the thin strip of clearing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged clouds, dining out, evidence of God, friends, Missouri, Missouri River, northeast Kansas, sky, St. Joseph, storms, sunset, testimony, vivid description, Wathena | Comments Off

Her age, her history of colon problems and her recent episode of sickness have made her too weak for surgery. But her condition was worsened to the point that surgery is a lesser risk than the other. Such situations force families into decisions that twist heard and heart around each other, leaving neither at ease.
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Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged colon, colon surgery, comfort, death, dementia, elderly, friends, hospital, illness, prayer, sharing trials, sick mother, sick parent, surgery | Comments Off

Hairnets & Plastic Gloves

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Doc Arnett

It is the raw eloquence of sincere actions that touches the hearts of others.
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Posted in Death & Dying, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged comfort, death, friends, heart attack, helping out, sharing, tragedy | Comments Off