Tag Archives: Music

Evening Seminar at River Bluffs Brewery & Art Gallery

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Doc Arnett

A microbrewery might not be the expected location for a theological discussion… but it worked out just great! Continue reading →

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I Have Seen Love

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Doc Arnett

I have seen love a thousand ways
in a thousand places,
and yet every time I see it,
believe I have glimpsed the face of God. Continue reading →

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In Praise of Worship

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Doc Arnett

I have known many transcendent moments, experiences, and emotions but true, intimate, worship rises above all. Continue reading →

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Two Places at Once

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Doc Arnett

It doesn’t take a big group to have a mighty fine worship experience as long as you know how to be in two places at once. Continue reading →

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He Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Guy Clark)

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Doc Arnett

Guy Clark is probably the best songwriter you never heard of… his music touched my live and the lives of my wife and my kids. Continue reading →

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Keeping Time to the Music

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes the greatest risks we take are when we try to protect ourselves from being hurt by others. Caring and vulnerability actually create great blessings. Continue reading →

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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 →

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Jam Band Dance Pit

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Doc Arnett

the calming thunder of bass,

the stirring riffs of mandolin,

the crystal clinking of banjo,

mellow merging of flat-picked acoustic guitar

and the sweet careening of fret-less fiddle.
Continue reading →

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Embracing Yonder Mountain

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Doc Arnett

Could an evening at a Yonder Mountain String Band concert be something like church? Or should I turn that question around? It included a reunion with a young friend and meeting some new ones. Continue reading →

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Awards Shows

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I shudder, and refuse to even try to imagine, what will make the current fans of hip-hop and rap shudder when their grandkids crank up whatever device blasts their preferences into the fractured ears of their elders. Continue reading →

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