Category Archives: Metaphysical Reflection

Something of Summer

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Doc Arnett

There is something of summer
in these last few days of sun and nineties: Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cool evenings, heat, mowing pasture, summer | Comments Off

Day Fades Into Day

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Doc Arnett

An evening this lovely
could nearly draw the dead from their graves:
sunset beginning to fade from the sky, Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged breeze, conversation, day the Lord has made, locust trees, middle age, migraine, northeast Kansas, rest, sunset | Comments Off

Re-Purposing

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Doc Arnett

The old driveway was long ago covered by grass, after Highway 7 was re-routed to pass by on the south instead of the north side of the house. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged animal self-grooming, northeast Kansas, old driveway, rabbits | Comments Off

Retaining Wall

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Emerging leaves of locust flinch and dip
in the very slight breeze of this nearly still morning. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged boundaries, croquet lawn, dirt, new grass, protection, retaining wall, stone, stone block | Comments Off

Not Yet Beyond Hope

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Doc Arnett

This story begins with an unhinged door being blown out of its frame by a gust of southern wind. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged dead plant, flower pots, hibiscus, hope, Purple Heart plant, renewal, repotting | Comments Off

The Insight of Experience

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Ripples of breeze stroked the thick brome, weaving patterns of silver in the early evening sun. The horses stepped along, seed stalks so tall they nearly brushed their bellies. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Atchison County, belief, chocolate Rocky, experience, learning to ride, northeast Kansas, quarter horses, riding horses, skeptic | Comments Off

Witness of Morning

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I love these spring mornings that come just before the heat of summer: a low, soft mist hanging above the pasture in the flats beside the creek, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged beauty, Creator, dawn, hope, morning, morning mist, mornings, peace, sunrise, testimony, worship | Comments Off

Cool Risings

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A few cows move through the mist of morning
in the pasture beyond the highway.
Heavy dew has formed on the thick grass,
leaving a dull silvery look. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cows, Doniphan County, fog, heavy dew, Kansas, mist, morning | 1 Comment

A Change in the Night

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Doc Arnett

In the night, though,
the wind passed on,
leaving this quiet dawn of still branches
and gentle sky, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged breeze, grass, heat, planting, re-seeding, watering the lawn, wind | Comments Off

Different Views

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Doc Arnett

We sat on the deck, enjoying our drinks and watching the muddy Missouri roll along underneath the three bridges that connect Kansas and Missouri at this particular point. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged appreciation, Atchison, bridges, horses, Kansas, Missouri River, Mueller's, perspective, riding lessons, supper | Comments Off