Faith Between The Reins

Faith Between the Reins is a powerful, faith-based journey through horsemanship, performance horse therapy, stewardship, healing, and the lessons Jesus teaches us through horses.

Blending practical insight with biblical encouragement, this book explores the deeper connection between horse and rider-how horses reveal our fear, pride, patience, trust, leadership, and need for surrender. It also offers a thoughtful look into the physical and emotional needs of the performance horse, including recovery, compensation, bodywork, preparation, rest, and responsible care.

Inside, readers will discover how to:

• Recognize what a horse may be communicating beneath the surface
• Care for the whole horse, not just the performance
• Understand the importance of rest, recovery, and supportive therapy
• Lead with firmness, compassion, patience, and self-control
• Separate personal worth from wins, scores, and public approval
• Trust Jesus through injury, disappointment, changed plans, and loss
• Pursue excellence without allowing success to become an idol

Written for competitors, horse owners, trainers, therapists, parents, and anyone who feels closest to God in the barn, this book offers honest encouragement for both the arena and everyday life.

This is more than a book about horses.

It is about the soul being shaped through responsibility, pressure, failure, healing, trust, and grace.

Whether you are preparing for your next competition, caring for an aging horse, rebuilding after disappointment, or simply searching for greater purpose in your horsemanship, Faith Between the Reins will remind you that the greatest work may not be happening beneath the saddle.

It may be happening within your heart.

Ride with purpose. Care with compassion. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus.