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  • Out our way: Who's driving?

    John Bruington|Updated Sep 26, 2014

    "Be not like the horse or mule without understanding who must be guided by bit and bridle lest it stray from you" - Psalm 32:9 Years ago when I was pastoring in rural Wyoming, there was an incident when the state troopers pulled over a local guy on horseback for drunk driving. Seems he had lost his license after a few too many DUIs and so rode his horse over to the local watering hole to bend the elbow. Then after becoming nearly incapacitated, he left at closing time,...

  • Out Our Way: The prodigal calf

    John Bruington|Updated Sep 19, 2014

    A few years ago, Charlie and I were checking for strays as the time had come to move the herd from the summer pasture. The grass was pretty well used up and the reservoir was getting down, so we had moved most of the herd down to the gate leading into the fresh fall pasture. Then Charlie and I rode out to the far corners and just scouted to see if we missed anyone. Well, indeed we had, for as we hit the far fence and turned around to begin riding back, we saw a little bull...

  • Out Our Way: Cranium vaporious critters

    John Bruington|Updated Sep 12, 2014

    "There are none so blind as they who will not see." - popular proverb based on Jeremiah 5:21 Out our way, school has begun and the smart ones are ready to buckle down and learn. The not-so-smart ones are still goofing off, and the really dumb ones may never learn anything of importance at all. It's not so much a matter of IQ as of common sense. Years ago while living in Wyoming, a popular bumper sticker I saw quite regularly read, "Eat lamb. 50,000 coyotes can't be wrong!"...