Tag Archives: warmth

Something to Think About

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Doc Arnett

The power of positive thinking wasn’t a twentieth century notion; a Jewish tentmaker wrote about it nearly two thousand years ago. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged beautiful things, good things, hope, light, love, peace, positive thinking, warmth | Comments Off

Heading Home

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Doc Arnett

As I drive south from Highland,
I see more than a hint
of coming cold
in the long flat of gray
spreading all the way east to Troy. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cold front, Hiawatha KS, Highland KS, northeastern Kansas, skies, sleeping, sunset, Troy KS, warmth, wife | Comments Off

Hard Morning

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Doc Arnett

With my layers of cotton clothing
and lined gloves,
it does not seem so cold— Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cold, drifts, frost, powder snow, warmth, watering livestock | Comments Off

Geographical Gratitude

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Doc Arnett

We will move like magic on the face of the pond and lake and laugh at the dog while we make geometric figures. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged beauty, cold, comfort, ice, Kansas, skating, snow, sunsets, warmth, winter | Comments Off

The Indwelling

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I step across the last frozen stones,
open the back door,
welcoming the warmth that lives within,
Continue reading →

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Resolution

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Doc Arnett

In this changing of seasons,
this new crispness of morning air,
there is an invitation of lingering longer
in the warmth of my wife and bed. Continue reading →

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