Tag Archives: character

Reverend Jethro & the Home Boys

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Doc Arnett

A colloquialized version of Jethro’s visit to Moses and advice on delegation. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged assistance, Bible, character, decision making, delegation, exodus, God, good decisions, help, integrity, Jethro, judging, judgment, Moses, trust, trustworthy, wisdom | Comments Off

Burning Brush in August

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Doc Arnett

Standing close to a burning brush pile on a blazing hot day may make you feel cooler when you walk away, but it’s still a blazing hot day. Continue reading →

Posted in Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged abnormal, abuse, adaptation, brush pile, character, enabler, endurance, escape, fire, heat index, heat stroke, hot, misery, normal, perspective, summer, toxic relationships | Comments Off

Burn Ban

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Doc Arnett

Whatever keeps us from doing a bad thing, is a good thing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged burn ban, burning leaves, character, fire, integrity, law, law breaker | Comments Off

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 →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged Alvie Farris, bending metal, blacksmith, Browns Grove KY, character, forge, God's work in us, shaping, shaping steel, testing | Comments Off

Above the Void

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Doc Arnett

Once the foundations are destroyed, even concrete will collapse. Personality without character and culture without substance cannot endure. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Remodeling/Construction, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged character, concrete, culture, decay, defects, foundation, rot, societal decline, termites | Comments Off

What Lives Within

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Doc Arnett

Times like this assault our emotions, put our convictions to the test, and tempt us to superficially judge other people. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged character, compassion, coronavirus, COVID-19, crisis, disaster | Comments Off

Finding the Foundations

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Like storm waters pounding away the soft dirt, life has its way of finding our solid parts, the true nature of our character. Continue reading →

Posted in Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged backroads, character, Cowley 1, Cowley County KS, Cowley One, erosion, philosphy | Comments Off

Kicking Against the Goad

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Doc Arnett

What is the part of you that God has been working on the longest? What is the part that seems to be taking the most time and effort to re-shape into the reflected image of Christ? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged character, humility, maturing, maturity, pride, spiritual growth, stubbornness, the image of Christ | Comments Off

A Deceiving Sweetness

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Doc Arnett

How is a slice of dried apple like a quiet person of great character? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged appearances, below the surface, character, drying apples, good people, personality, substance, true nature | Comments Off

Scholarship, Leadership, Service & Character

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Excellence does not require competition against others; it requires you to conquer yourself and dedicate yourself to an ideal. Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching, Work | Tagged character, competition, induction ceremony, integrity, leadership, National Honor Society, Riverside High School Wathena KS, scholarship, school, service, speech | Comments Off