Tag Archives: improvement

Making It Better

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Doc Arnett

I read part of Henry David Thoreau’s “Life on Walden Pond” when I was in high school. One of the things that has always stayed with me from that is his reflection about an axe a neighbor loaned him. He … Continue reading →

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Working with the Kids

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Doc Arnett

I don’t know what it is about my boys that always seems to have us crawling around under a house. Sometimes we’re trying to put in new drain lines or new wiring or new water supply lines. Other times, we’re … Continue reading →

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The Rebuke of a Wise Person

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Doc Arnett

I don’t know anyone who enjoys criticism but the wise learn how to benefit from it. Continue reading →

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Getting Better

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Doc Arnett

Whether it’s singing or marriage, or something else nearly as important, improving is not always quick or easy… but it is always possible. And quite often worth the effort. Continue reading →

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Another Day Dawns

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Doc Arnett

As the sun rises on the just and the unjust, it is how we deal with both challenges and blessings that shapes our day. Continue reading →

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Remodeling 2014

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, we have to live, at least for a while, amidst ugly that we cannot change. But that awareness should not become an excuse for not doing what we can to make things better. Continue reading →

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A Higher Compliment

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is not in the accolades of easy friends
that we gain the higher ground,
nor in the shallow flattery of those
fixed upon their own ends. Continue reading →

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Tim Tebow: Keeping Faith

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Doc Arnett

He was known as an outspoken Christian while he was playing football at the University of Florida. Some wondered whether or not that would change after the Denver Broncos drafted him. Continue reading →

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Finishing Work

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Doc Arnett

when the nature of Jesus has become our own nature, others will have greater difficulty finding the seams between what we are and what we believe. Continue reading →

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It Wasn’t Broke But It Did Need Fixing

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Doc Arnett

But when we consider how long we might have to live with things a certain way, we should become more willing to do what it takes to make them better. Continue reading →

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