Tag Archives: storms

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 →

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Isaac Makes Landfall

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Doc Arnett

In the surge of the storm
one finds a focus
so easily lost
in the days of ordinary ease
and comfort. Continue reading →

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Driving Rain

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is seldom in life that we gain greater advantage by pushing blindly ahead, not compelled by faith and wisdom, but driven by the stubbornness of our own determination.
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An Ill Wind

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Doc Arnett

After several minutes of encroaching claps of thunder, the strength of the storm erupted in the early hours of our Sunday morning in Kansas. Continue reading →

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Stormy Morning

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

But, we know,
if we endure the temporary
of something other than expectation,
life has its way of turning back
to the ways that need less explanation. Continue reading →

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Gutter Check

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Doc Arnett

With skies darkening and the forecast calling for thunderstorms, I made sure that the flexible extension tube was connected to the elbow at the bottom of the downspout. “Ready for rain now,” I thought, Continue reading →

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Trouble Shooting

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Doc Arnett

I’m a bit suspicious that our society spends too much time complaining and too little time praying. We treat inconveniences as if they were afflictions and afflictions as if they were torture. Continue reading →

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Driving Back from Oak Grove

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Pupil-shrinking stabs of lightning
fire again and again
and thunder rocks the car. Continue reading →

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Rest from the Storm

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes the Lord brings us refreshing in the midst of our labors and sometimes we have to work on in the drenching sweat and sapping heat. Continue reading →

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Family Time

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Doc Arnett

Sharing the storms even we aren’t together is a part of being family, part of loving one another. Continue reading →

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