Category Archives: Work

Reseeding

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There are things in our lives that have died and cannot be resurrected. Perhaps, even, should not be resurrected. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged acceptance, drought, giving up, hope, loss, persistence, prayer, sowing grass, watering grass | Comments Off

One Piece at a Time

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Whether you’re talking about mills or marriages, or a whole lot of other things, fixing one part is a start to things working better. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged apple cider, cider mill, fixing things, repair, repairing cider mill, replacement | Comments Off

Hard Ground

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes we are called to a task
that we cannot quite complete
but must make a beginning,
leaving its finishing until
the soil is softer
or we are strengthened, Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged acceptance, challenge, Christian devotions, determination, driving posts, drought, effort, fencing, hard ground, heat, obstacles, persistence, setting posts, steel posts, t-posts | Comments Off

Answered Prayer

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Doc Arnett

After these weeks of triple digit heat
in a summer that began in April,
this second season of drought Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Gardening, Nature, Prayer, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged answered prayer, blessing, drought, heat, Kansas, praying for rain, rain, suffering | Comments Off

It is in the careful blending of work and play that boys become healthy men. And the men who can still be boys at the right time just might become the kind of Granpa’s that boys want to visit again. Even when they’re old. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged deck building, grandchildren, grandpa, grandparents, grandsons, pancakes, play, remote control toys, toads, work | 1 Comment

Valor vs. Discretion

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Doc Arnett

By ten o’clock, we were in the eighties and well on own way to a predicted heat index of a hundred-and-one. My occasional bits of work in the un-shaded parts soon had my clothes soaked with sweat. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports, Work | Tagged building deck, deck, determination, discretion, heat, sweat, training, wisdom, workouts | Comments Off

The Long Walk

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Another item on the list of things Barry has not been able to buy during his unemployment is the medicine he needs for some psychological issues. “When he’s on his meds, he does great,” his girlfriend explained. “When he ain’t, look out! He’s a real bear.” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged determination, health care, lack of medicine, laziness, medicine, poverty, stereotypes, unemployment, work | Comments Off

Five Generations of Sawdust

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Whatever it is, it is joy to me, sharing this talent and interest of my father and my grandfather. Teaching my grandson and seeing him perform the work of my hands. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation, Teaching, Work | Tagged carpentry, grandson, imitation of God, sanding, sharing, son, tradition, woodworking, workshop | Comments Off

Extenuating Circumstances

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Imagine a twenty-ton dandelion, sixty-to-seventy feet tall and with branches extending thirty feet in every direction. That’s what the cottonwood tree is like during its month-long spawn.
Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Farming, Humor, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged Abominable Snowman, adversity, cleanup, cottonwood, cottonwood tree, Doniphan County Kansas, procrastination, storm damage, windstorm, Yeti | Comments Off

The Incredible Wealth of Scraping By

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Making my way across the freshly mowed grass in the last hour of daylight, I see Ben and his mom outside their tiny, rough apartment. Smoke drifts out from a small grill and Ben is bent over the front wheel of a small bicycle. He looks my way, straightens up and waves, “Hi, Doc!” Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged attitude, Blair, Blair Kansas, blessing, getting by, Kansas, making do, neighbors, On Course principles, opportunity, optimism, poverty, resourcefulness, wealth | Comments Off