Category Archives: Metaphysical Reflection

God’s Own Cider

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It’s pretty amazing how you can take a bunch of defective apples and make wonderful cider… and how imperfect people can work together in the beauty of harmony… Continue reading →

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Past Their Prime

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Ready to make cider, it is disappointing to realize that I should have come to the orchard two weeks earlier before so many apples rotted on the ground. Continue reading →

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Hope, Even From Failure

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Doc Arnett

Even from rotted fruit, good seeds emerge with the potential for great good in the future. Continue reading →

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Sunset at Camp Horizon

Posted on September 5, 2023 by Doc Arnett

A redball sunset over the Arkansas River bottom in southern Kansas is quiet, peaceful, soothing, and inspiring. Continue reading →

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Good Fruit Takes Time

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It takes time for a honeydew melon to get fully ripe. It takes us a bit of maturing and growth to produce good fruit, too. Continue reading →

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Ambitions for a Summer Day

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Doc Arnett

I love these cool August mornings and the beauty of their forming. Continue reading →

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Migraines, Your Grains, and Our Gains

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It takes more than awareness of cause to find a solution but solution is darn near impossible with knowing the root cause! Continue reading →

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Next Year’s Peaches

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Doc Arnett

This year’s new growth is what produces next year’s fruit. Continue reading →

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Summer in the Flint Hills

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Doc Arnett

The grandeur of open space and the poetry of the wind shape the face of the Flint Hills with summer beauty. Continue reading →

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Forge Work

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Doc Arnett

It takes a bit of heat and hammering to reshape steel… and to shape us into God’s likeness. Continue reading →

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