Out Our Way: Bankrupt farmers and ranchers - Luke 10:25-37

  Out our way, we know ranching and farming are not 9 to 5 jobs. They are not profession for the weak or lazy but require constant attention. Now and then, we hear of a farmer or rancher who goes bankrupt. Often it is for reasons that simply cannot be helped — but now and then it is because the farmer or rancher got lazy.

Charlie and I rode fence because barbed wire, as strong as it is, can come loose. Cattle rubbing against the fence posts can loosen them and the wire goes slack. Over time, the post falls and the cattle wander off. Sometimes disease hits the herd and Charlie and I were...