Campfire Cowboy Ministries

The Consequences of Forgiving Horse Thieves – Guest Post by Jake Shue

February 22, 2012

In the Old West folks would take horse thieves and hang ‘em from a high tree. That just wasn’t tolerated! It was low to take a man’s horse, to leave him afoot, which was akin to leaving him for dead. It was, and still is, deep within a cowboy’s heart and mind that someone who [...]

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Kill the snake or burn the barn? -Guest post by Cory Johnson

February 16, 2012

I was thinking yesterday about a snake we had at the barn one day. He was a nine foot long anaconda and bigger around than my body. I know you generally don’t find Anacondas in South Texas, but trust me that’s what it was! I have seen them on TV! It was a snappin’ and [...]

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The Simple Truth About Heaven and Hell

February 14, 2012

There are so many different ideas about what a hand is. By hand, I mean cowboy. Having lived in Texas most of my life, I had worked with guys that I consider good hands. Colorado is no different…there’s top hands here too. But the differences in opinions on the subject are as varied as the [...]

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Mind of Another Horse

February 13, 2012

You’ve heard me talk about how a good horse doesn’t forget what they’ve been taught and how as Christians, we should strive to have the mind of a horse. Another thing that’s true about a lot of horses is that even though they don’t forget what they’ve been taught, some of them tend to get [...]

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Cowboy Bible Story Guide

February 10, 2012

The bible is full of great stories! I’m giving you 10 of them today. Some you may know, others you might not have ever heard of, but check them out and get a little bit of bible reading done at the same time. This is what I call delivery!! 1 Kings 17:3-7 ~~Then the word [...]

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Three Things That Helped Me

February 9, 2012

The economy stinks. Lately, I’ve seen all kinds of stories on T.V. about folks losing their jobs, homes, etc. If you’re going through tough times financially, my heart goes out to you. Until recently, things were purty tough around my house too…but God kept tellin’ me three things. 1)Be content with what I’ve given you [...]

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Cowboy Quotes – January 2012

February 8, 2012

God didn’t say there wouldn’t be storms, but he did promise to be your slicker. I sure am sure glad God doesn’t jerk on the bit every time I do something wrong. “I listened to him, not because of what he said, but because of what he didn’t.” –Young cowboy talkin’ about his grandfather. There’s [...]

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To Lift Or Not To Lift…That Is The Question

February 7, 2012

I started riding saddle bronc horses when I was sixteen years old. I didn’t know a thing about it, but it just so happened that about 20 miles down the road lived an old bronc rider who had a son who also competed in high school rodeo and was the same age as me. This [...]

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Palmolive Garden Tried To Implode My Face

February 6, 2012

I’ve spoken before about my mild dislike of the fancy noodle café better known as Olive Garden. I’ve made fun of nearly everything in there, but the fact is that they tried to kill me one time by imploding my face. I was trying to impress my wife-to-be and decided to take one for the [...]

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Healer

February 2, 2012

One (Of Many) Reasons I’ll Never be a World Champion Team Roper is that I just don’t get it….how in the world can a person be obsessed with team roping? Don’t get me wrong…I like to go rope every now and then, but there are guys (and gals) out there who, if they could, would [...]

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