Category Archives: Metaphysical Reflection

An Inconvenient Truth

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Sending money to help the lepers of India seems a less distressing arrangement than living in their midst, seeing their sores and watching the progression of the disease.
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Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged caring, charity, convenience, genuine religion, helping, helping Christ, homelessness, hypocrisy, the least of these | 2 Comments

An Altar of Light

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There are prayers
spoken through open eyes,
praises given through lifted hearts, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged adoration, adoration of God, beauty, creation, Creator, dawn, feeding horses, foxtrotter, God, morning sky, nature, rural scene, worship | Comments Off

End of Harvest

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Well, I guess with the way this year has gone, I shouldn’t be too shocked to see a hard freeze predicted for this weekend, starting tonight.

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Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged accountability, apples, bearing fruit, cider, freeze, hard freeze, harvest, judgment, orchards, reward, rotten apples, waste | Comments Off

A New Day

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Doc Arnett

a new day to face life
without the burden of days gone before
and taking no worry from the store
of those to come,
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Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged attitude, dawn, grace, new day, optimism, worry | 2 Comments

A Good Blending

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Whenever we join in common purpose of doing what is good, what is kind, what is lovely, we yield a harvest better than its fruit. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged apple cider, charity, cider, cooperation, defects, fruit, good works, harvest, helping others, kindness, life lessons, working together | Comments Off

In Such Times

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Doc Arnett

We hold to hope in such times as these,
knowing as surely as leaves tumble toward the earth
that not all is dearth and darkness. Continue reading →

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Cider Makin’ at the Old Folks’ Home

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It was a fine day for cider-making at the residential care facility, cloudy but warm with the full color of fall showing in the trees. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Humor, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged apple cider, cider making, cider mill, elderly, nursing home, old folks, residential care | 1 Comment

Autumn on a Misty Morning

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Doc Arnett

A dozen shades of prairie grass
cast their colors
between the bare tans of dirt Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged autumn, autumn in Kansas, Doniphan County, fall, fall colors, farming, fields, Highway 36, Kansas, prairie grass, Wolf River | Comments Off

Thomas Alva Appleseed

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It’s not the first failure of my life, not the first time an idea was better than the result. Lord willing, it won’t be the last. Continue reading →

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Data Driven Decision Making

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Any time that we do things that make people feel noticed, valued and appreciated, we contribute to making our place a better place to work. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Teaching, Work | Tagged co-workers, colleagues, concern, concern for co-workers, concern for colleagues, improving the workplace, listening, sharing, workplace | Comments Off