Roping Religion: Always run your best race

Many of the ideas and scriptures for this article are from the devotional “God Wants You To Win!” by world champion calf roper Jeff Copenhaver.

After the famous hall of faith Chapter 11 in the book of Hebrews comes Chapter 12:1 which states, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

We all stand on the shoulders of others. Recently I shared with one of my elders that I would not have survived as a pastor unless he and another...