Who’s Watching

Their seats were probably the best in the house because they aren’t big on showing up late, ever. They aren’t big tiedown fans, but had heard that with the list of World Champions and NFR Qualifiers that were coming this was going to be a who’s who. Plus, they knew the producers of the event. [...]

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Perfect Fit Thursday

Activity on Thursday morning started a little later this past week since my lovely bride was going to the ranch with me and my brother was celebrating his birthday that afternoon. We loaded up and headed south that morning and stopped through Jourdanton on the way to get some Sutton Super Novas. Those are heel [...]

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The Warrior’s Stones

Inevitably you’ve heard the term, “Grow a pair.” I know it doesn’t portray the most pleasant imagery, but there really is something to having a spine in today’s society. There just aren’t enough people around anymore that, when asked, speak their mind without reservation. Most folks these days fit into two categories: the yammer on [...]

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Crazy Catholics: A tradition explained

First, the readings from today are pretty good. You should check them out. But, today I became acutely aware of something during mass. I’m not sure why it came to my attention, but I’d like to share it here. If you’re not Catholic, you may have wondered what the heck everybody is doing right before [...]

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The Path

First, two short stories: New Believers: Story 1 There’s a village in Africa. OK, so there are probably thousands of villages in Africa. But this story only deals with one of them and I don’t know it’s name. Several missionaries were tasked with visiting this remote area and introducing the tribe there to Our Lord. [...]

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Pray More

A recent post here on SpiritualHorseman.com talked about influence. When young horseman desire to be professional trainers, what do they do? They go ride with professionals. What do soon-to-be-CPA’s do? They intern with a large firm. Essentially, they surround themselves with what they desire to become. Our spirituality is no different. Only two choices exist. [...]

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RanchRodeo Finals Wrap-Up

The producers of the 2nd Annual Finals for Ranch Rodeo Finals in South Texas will meet this weekend to discuss funds dispersal for our scholarship recipients, circuit rodeo applications and sponsorships. This event is groing VERY fast. Please keep the entire organization in your prayers. Please pray: That the event continues to be 100% philanthropic. [...]

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Healing Prayer

Last night, our Faith Formation class, lead by Fr. Ed discussed healing. We saw a few clips fromt he 80′s movie Resurrection and then watched House. Yea, I know, he’s the anti-God smartass character wonderfully played by Hugh Laurie. The episode we covered though was from the first season I think and it was entitled [...]

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Prayer or Horse Training

Too many words clutter the message. No words at all is, in many cases, the best solution. Listening is always better than speaking. Asking is always better than telling. There are no words that can describe your feelings upon getting results. What are we talking about here? Prayer. No training horses. No Prayer. Anyway, it [...]

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Do you depend on money?

Today’s the feast day of Saint Scholastica. I would call her the patron saint of the weather. You should read up on her though. Fascinating individual. There’s a lot more to her than just the weather. The reason I bring her up though is because she founded the nunnery. She was WAY ahead of her [...]

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