How Trainer Sacked Her Horse Annie’s a friend of mine from Pennsylvania. She’s a high school senior and book reader fan who has been writing to me for years. As a pretty good horse trainer, she keeps me informed on all her current horse projects. “I sacked a horse last Tuesday and expect to be […]
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Getting It Pretty Close by Stephen Bly with Audio Podcast
SEBINAS PRETTY CLOSE TO HEREFORDS? Me and the missus were sitting pretty close watching an old western movie on TV. Well, I was watching it and she was reading a magazine and pretending to sneak peeks with as much enthusiasm as I’d have watching an Opera. Suddenly I groaned loudly in disgust and she asked, […]
How to be a Straight Shooter with Audio Podcast
STRAIGHT SHOOTER LEADERS Here’s a visual aid to show you how to be a straight shooter for your personal life and as a ministry leader. I have a ’73 Winchester rifle hanging in my office and I actually pick it up and use it once in awhile. This particular .44/.40 caliber Winchester rifle was sent […]
Cowboy Leadership Tips Guide, Part 3, with Podcast
More Leadership Tips for Life & Ministry Christian leaders in family, career, and ministry aim for a Promised Land of Paradise, our end of the trail. At the beginning of everyone’s journey, we were caught in the homeland of darkness. We were trapped in a place separated from God. Then He set us free by […]
Happy Trail Tips For Leaders, Part 2, with Podcast
A Cowboy’s Happy Trail Tips For Life & Leadership “Happy trails to you,” sang Roy Rogers and Dale Evans in the 1940s and 50s. If it’s true we’re all on a trail, we need a guide–to be reminded where we’re headed and to reach our destination. When we get there, we want to be pleased […]
Cowboy’s Spiritual Trail Guide Tips, Part 1 with Podcast
A WESTERN TRAIL GUIDE FOR LIFE & LEADERSHIP If you’re on a spiritual trail of learning leadership, you’ll need a trail guide of some sort. You’ll need to be reminded where you’re headed, your final destination. When you get there, you’ll want to be pleased with your travel along the way. End of the Trail […]
The Outlaw Within with Audio Podcast
Outlaw Was His Name Slick Bates was mighty happy when I visited with him at the Drover’s Café. He had been down to the livestock auction and sold an old renegade horse for 78 cents a pound. Now, selling a horse by the pound means it got bought by the canners. I don’t suppose I […]
Over The Willows Ahead! and Audio Podcast
Over The Willows Warning Well, it was getting to be springtime up in the mountains and most of the cricks and streams ran over the willows. Not that we have many willows up in the forest. But it’s just an Old West term that warns of high water. If a trail boss rode back to […]
Church Like An Outfit with Audio Podcast
WHAT KIND OF AN OUTFIT YOU RUNNING? A tall, lanky, slightly bowlegged cowboy stopped by to visit our church. After the service he introduced himself as being new to the community. “I jist thought I’d mosey up here and see what kind of an outfit you were running,” he explained. I’d never heard of a […]
Hollow Horns and Hotheads with Audio Podcast
A HOLLOW HORN HOTHEAD I parked my rig at the hardware store, planning on buying ten pounds of zinc 16 penny nails. But the explosive activities of a car next to me diverted my attention. A hothead of a man about 35-years-old had quite a hassle trying to get one of his babies fastened into […]
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