Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He…
A Bright Future
Christmas is the time of year when you are actually excited for snow, cold, and all things made of wool. We have a Savior to celebrate and a house that smells like peppermint candles and cookies. Come February though you start to look and feel like a bloated version of Wendy Torrance from that Stephen…
Messes to Messages
[The jailer] brought [Paul and Silas] out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he…
Finish Well
Something completed is better than something just begun. — Ecclesiastes 7:8 CEV Horse showing was not available to me in my younger years. Recently, being halfway to life expectancy, I was presented with an opportunity to carriage drive my horse in competition. This was not something I had ever considered, and quite frankly, neither had…
Embracing the Lifestyle
You’re going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food — catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They’ll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. — 2 Timothy 4:3-4 the message Horse ownership means that we are making…
Unbridled Faith: Bringing Out the Best in Us
Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. — Romans 12:2 The Message Show me your horse, and I’ll tell you who you are. These special friends mirror us, exposing our true selves — warts and all.…
Foals with Potential
Foals with Potential Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” — Mark 9:35 Every foal born on my farm has so much potential. Of course, my dreams for them are always much bigger than reality. In my heart,…
“Hello”
This, then, is how you should pray. — Matthew 6:9 Most of us won’t remember the first conversation we had with our horses, but it had to have started with some form of “Hello.” I like to say hello with a brush. Brushing horses builds trust between both human and horse. Brushing makes the horse…
Training in Trust
May God, who puts all things together, makes all things whole… Now put you together. — Hebrews 13:18-21 The Message A round pen is like a corral with no corners. One of my friends bonds with her horse Luke in a round pen because it limits the ways he can avoid the pressure of what…
The Extraordinary Ordinary
While walking by the Sea of Galilee, [Jesus] saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. — Matthew 4:18-19 ESV My horse has mended a broken…