Tag Archives: spring

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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Sunday Swim

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Doc Arnett

As long as we nurture the child within us, we can find unexpected joy in something as simple as a swim on an early spring afternoon. Continue reading →

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Careful Choices

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Doc Arnett

Whether thinking of gentle rain on a tin roof or the thunder of a waterfall, it is good to be deliberate in all our thinking. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged eternity, friendship, heaven, promises, rain, regrets, spring, waterfall | Comments Off

A Hope of Roses

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Doc Arnett

Even when it seems that all that shows is hopeless, hope yet lies beneath the surface. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged hope, miracles, pruning, restoration, roses, spring | Comments Off

Groundhog Season

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Doc Arnett

That confounded groundhog may have another week of winter weather waiting for us but this week is spring, spring, spring! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Humor, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged attitude, good times, good weather, groundhog, spring, weather forecast, winter, winter weather | Comments Off

Changes Comin’

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Doc Arnett

With a high of ninety predicted for Wednesday, I’m starting to think winter might be over. I think I can handle that change! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged change, climate, spring, warmer temperatures, weather, winter ending | Comments Off

Days Such As This

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Doc Arnett

We spend such days as this
in the long gray longing
of spirits yearning for sunshine,
burning for brighter hours. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged depression, gloomy, gray, happiness, hope, promise, spring | Comments Off

Following the Trail

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Doc Arnett

A spring hike in a Kentucky woods with two daughters and five grandchildren stirs old memories and forms brand new ones; all of them are good! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged blooms, family tradition, grandchildren, grandparents, hiking, Kenlake Resort, spring, western Kentucky, woods | Comments Off

A Pretty Good Day

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Doc Arnett

The beauty of a glorious spring day in western Kentucky and Easter dinner with a house full of grandkids… Continue reading →

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Blessing for a Spring Morning

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Doc Arnett

I hope that the calm stillness
of this day’s slow wakening
stays with you from dawn till darkness. Continue reading →

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