Tag Archives: harvest

The Law of Seed and Harvest

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Doc Arnett

If we keep finding stuff we don’t like growing in our lives, we might need to take a careful look at what particular seeds we’ve been planting and fertilizing. Continue reading →

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Indian Summer

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Doc Arnett

One way of feeling more grown up is doing the work of grown-ups. Funny how the privileges are more appealing than the responsibilities, eh? Continue reading →

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Rising in the Mist

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Doc Arnett

… all the reasons for hope are shackled in the seed… until the needs of planting and harvest… Continue reading →

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Autumn Calling to Labor and Rest

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Doc Arnett

The beauty of cool quiet mornings calls us to both rest and labor; the coming of harvest and the beauty of ripened fields. Continue reading →

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Hope of Harvest

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Doc Arnett

Submission is the beginning of peace,
humility the beginning of wisdom,
repentance the beginning of healing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blessing, faith, harvest, healing, hope, love, peace, planting, trust | Comments Off

The Heavy Dews of Autumn

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Doc Arnett

I love the scenes of harvest, the long lines of color striping the fields and the way the dust rises in a sunset. Continue reading →

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A Shifting of Seasons

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes the shifting of the seasons comes so subtly you can barely tell; this was not one of those times! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged apple cider, apples, autumn, changing seasons, corn, crops, fall, harvest | Comments Off

Storm Cloud Sunrise

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Doc Arnett

The same weather that produces bountiful crops makes for lots of mowing. Even a season of too much rain offers its own moments of beauty, though.
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A Changing of Seasons

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Something like the feel of fall
came calling yesterday:
a less than pleasant wind
sending its north chill
sprawling through the afternoon, Continue reading →

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A Touch of Sun

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Out past Bendena,
just as I reach the low spot between slopes
and head back uphill,
the sun spills through an opening in the trees Continue reading →

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