Get busy Living, Or get busy Dieing

The circle is the most common path to God that we all take. Often wondering about God’s wrath instead of what’s at stake. Everyone you see today has a heart that’s on the line. The war is now, and not far away, It’s amongst us, you and I. Distracted by the fog are we of [...]

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It’s Living.

It ain’t dying I’m talkin’ about… it’s livin.~ Texas Ranger Augustus McCrae in the movie Lonesome Dove If some random person burst through your door right now and demanded that you get on your knees and renounce your faith in Christ or else they’d end your life that very second, what would you do? Most [...]

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Prayers for the Barter family.

This one was sudden. Bobby “Booger” Barter has passed away. We’ll miss you Booger. Please offer some prayers for the family. Here is a link to a brief story – Barrel Racing and Team Roping Promoter, Bobby “Booger” Barter, dies.

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Today is Tomorrow’s Yesterday

The Sacrament of the Present. So, are we talkin’ about presents because Christmas is right around the corner? Nope. We’re talking about presence because Christmas is right around the corner. Today Fr. Ed mentioned something he called the Sacrament of the Present. You’ve heard high-school-kid-slang before. It changes almost weekly. Well, imagine high school slang, [...]

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God Sucks?

Sometimes life throws things at us that we aren’t even close to being ready for. They’re seemingly out of the blue, or left field, or nowhere… Or out of wherever life’s temptations, trials and tribulations come from. Mellow Yellow was two years old. He could turn around pretty good, he loved to stop and he [...]

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Personal Integrity and it’s relation to rural living

Play First – if you have trouble, email me – jamesobrien@ranchforeman.com Audio – Louis’ message about Sis Sis1968 – 2009Kid Horse – Cow Horse – Friend Sis wasn’t Tonni’s (my wife) first horse, but she was that one special horse in her life. Sis started out in the wilds of New Mexico on an Indian [...]

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Colt Killin’

Russ was young. High school aged anyway. But for Russ, that’s old. Hell he’d been riding horses all of his life. And he thought it was a pretty tough one, too. He was born into Rusty Carroll’s training operation and those of you who know Rusty know that Russ may have been on to something. [...]

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Solemn Thursday

Two eighteen wheelers are neck and neck, an oversized load dragging the blades to one of T. Boone Pickens wind energy mills, mobile home after mobile home, even a honda civic with a brush guard . . . all going at least 85 mph. West Texas traffic is a little different than any where else [...]

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Is the third time really a charm?

Update:The vet report came back in on the horse. He had a twisted gut. For those of who don’t know horses all that well, a twisted gut is just what it says it is. However, it’s referred to as a REALLY bad colic. Colics (basically a bad belly ache for a horse) come in different [...]

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