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Category Archives: Metaphysical Reflection
Slip Sliding Away
If we’re going to let a Paul Simon song describe an afternoon climbing around the bluffs, we might want to be cautious in selecting a particular title. Continue reading →
Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports
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Tagged bluffs, climbing, Cowley County KS, ravines, rock climbing, rocks
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Pausing Before the Woods on a Foggy Evening
I felt a bit bad about disrupting their evening feeding, but not bad enough to keep me from stopping and watching the deer for a while… Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged Ark City KS, Arkansas City KS, Chestnut Ave, deer, whitetail, woods
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Beauty and Blessing from the Gutter
We are often so mesmerized by distant spectacles that we fail to grasp the glory of what waits at our own door. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged appreciation, beauty, eyes open, ice, icicles, near at hand
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Choices on a Snowy Night
Whatever does not cherish light, increases the darkness. Even though snow does not create light, its reflections make the world brighter. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged darkness, light, reflected light, reflections, snow
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Pictures in the Dark
No matter how deep the darkness nor how close the cold, we are still held in the hands of God. Continue reading →
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A Bit of Green
Never give up on doing good and never forget that even small successes give us hope and teach us important lessons. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work
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Tagged determiniation, encouragement, hope, persistence, planting grass, watering
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The Aftermath of Winter Rain
Like the gleaming white of ice on the face of freezing bluffs, the hard times of our lives sometimes leaves us with a greater beauty than the easy times. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged bluff ice, bluffs, Flint Hills, frozen, ice, pasture, winter, winter beauty
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Answering the Call of Beauty
I am so used to listening for God’s voice in the call of Duty that I forget that he also uses the voice of Beauty to call us to a different path. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged beauty, biking, Cowley County KS, Flint Hills, pictures, riding, taking time
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A Calm and Hopeful Fog
In the dense closeness of last night’s fog, I could imagine angels singing to shepherds in the mist… Continue reading →
Posted in Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged angels, Christmas, fog, shepherds
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An Unexpected Glory
When we leave the easy path and follow the leading of the Light, we will sometimes find unexpected glory illuminating the most common things. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Exercise, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged glory, Grand Canyon, Grandview Point, Holy Spirit, leading, light, ordinary, perspective, sunlight, sunrise
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Reflections by Doc Arnett 