Ride Tough Rodeo Ministries

07/28/2026

Away from the big arena - the less glamorous side of Cheyenne. But you can hardly beat a good rodeo lot. Was a bit chilly sleeping in the front seat of the Explorer. If you ever wonder why men would choose to do something stupid like chase bucking horses down highways - it's partly for these times we've shared together.

God's good! He's given me and you fresh air we sure didn’t deserve to breath.

07/27/2026

Watch Dusty Tuckness hit air! Ran across him and Cody Webster a few times. And I have to shake their hands when I've seen them. They've kept a few of my friends from some serious trouble on more thsn one occasion.

Riding a bull and fighting one seems like about the dumbest thing anyone would do. But these guys keep part of the bravery of the West alive for us all. And it should inspire all of US toward bravery - even if the odds seem ridiculous.

Im grateful for Jesus, because even Dusty, Cody, me, or you..could never lay it all out like He did.

07/27/2026

Ride Tough is 10 years old today. The past two years haven't seen much rodeo, as our lives have gotten busy with family obligations. But my heart and soul was and is with all good people who make up the rodeo community. And I'm still on trail here with the Lord.

All I really know is the Lord is good. And I hope you're with him, too.

I don't miss the heat, the dust, the truck breaking down, or watching a bronc slam and crack a good and expensive Barstow riggin in the chute. But I SURE miss my friends, and the people I love.

But the Lord has blessed me with invaluable time, lately, with my precious family. I'm seeing our boys grow into men - maybe men I could only pray to be someday.

Being a Christian in our world isn't about judgement. It's riding WITH the Lord and loving on people wherever he takes you.

He could take me back to a rodeo grounds anytime he He liked - and that'd be fine with me. It's where I feel comfortable as a person. But I'll wait for whatever He has for me - because my experience tells me he know best.

Wherever you are today. Maybe you feel a long way from people. Maybe there's things in your life you're feeling KEEP you from people. But absolutely nothing will keep you from the Lord. Just ask him in. Get a bible or even a bible app....and give the Gospel of John a read. You'll see a guy and his pals living life together. You'll see the Son Of God deserving of a palace...sleeping out in the open...moving around a lot. While Jesus isn't exactly like us - his disciples look a little rough and familiar sometimes.

Go love on someone today! Tell them who sent you. Tell them why you have hope. Tell them who's rode pickup for you every time that bronc in life headed for the fence.

Love you all! Miss seeing everyone- and hope I'll see you qll again soon enough.

Cory

04/03/2026

This is an image sent back from the Artemis II. That little sliver on the right is the Earth in half day/night from 77,000 miles away.

Now, I want to ask you something. How many miles are on your vehicle? There's a good chance if you go to your window you'll look out to see that old pickup or car with more than 77,000 miles.

As we eagerly await Jesus to return for us. Let's recall his final command in Acts before he ascended to Heaven.

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth”.

77,000 miles is a little more than 3x times around the earth.

Jesus' final command wasnt to drive 77,000 miles to a church parking lot (even though not forsaking the gathering together is commanded of us in Hebrews)...we're commanded to GO!

Folks, we're already GOING someplace! Is the Holy Spirit going with us?

The tools we have are sitting in pur drives. Whether that takes us five miles to town, or 500 miles to a rodeo. That old vehicle in your drive that drives us crazy with expensive oil changes - it's our mission tool.

We don't need NASA or a billion dollar rocket - nor do we need to be spiritual rocket scientists to complete our mission.

We're told His Word will not return void. If we're His - we just need to put our hands on the wheel, and our foot on the gas. Because IF we're His the Holy Spirit isn't riding shotgun! He lives within us.

Grab a few bibles...commandeer them from a motel room if you need to. And GO! Put that old vehicle in park someplace and get out....
....and go LOVE on someone!

03/27/2026

03/26/2026

STOP BUCKING, AND GO HOME!

It never fails. Every rodeo I’ve ever been to, there’s always one bull that doesn’t get it—after 8 seconds, it’s over. Time to head back through the gate and rest in the back pen.

Bullfighters wave. Pickup men throw ropes. Doesn’t matter. He just won’t give it up.
Somebody up on the catwalk finally yells… “Go home!”

And if we’re being honest—that’s us. Saved or not. We’ve got plans that run long when God said 8 seconds would do. For the saved, it’s vanity. We drift. A great 8 seconds turns into time spent outside His will. And we need to get back to Him.

For the lost—it’s more dangerous. Because when the lights go out, there’s no gate waiting. Right now, the pen still holds both. That’s grace.

But eternity doesn’t work that way.

So where are you today? Still out in the arena when you shouldn’t be?
Let this be the bullfighter waving you home—

Stop bucking. Go home. Be fed by the Spirit.

03/24/2026

Every arena in life will test you. But God will carry you. - Cory

"Even to your old age and gray hair I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you." Isaiah 46:4 NIV

( 📷 @ Cimarron River Stampede )

01/22/2026

Well, according to the weather people we're set to get between an inch and 10 feet of snow here on the plains of Kansas. Like always - only the Lord really knows.

I hope everyone out there is well and warm.

Have you ever looked back on life and just wished you could draw a horse again? If you're a bronc rider - that's probably very literal. But for most maybe that's a day or a situation. Maybe it's not even a bad day. For those who strive to do their best even that 90 point day everyone cheered for YOU realize you left two points in the arena and missed a 92.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with healthy ambition. In scripture we're told to work as unto the Lord. So, if we have gifts and talents - we're supposed to use them as if we're working FOR the Lord. So we need to give the Lord our best effort with all humility. But we'll still look back and realize we can be better.

The key is to understanding what grace truly means. The Jesus we serve was a 50 point rider who could bend the will of the beasts for that other 50 points. And he put 100 point rides up every day he walked this Earth.

YOU and I on our BEST day will not be Jesus. And while he washed away our sin and brought us back in with our Father. We're toiling in a world where the best of us are just flesh.

So, either on our good or bad days. We really need to thank the Lord that he will put good horses under riders who are beat up and hurting sometimes - or who can get a rein length wrong, or blow a stirrup - or even make a shameful choice out in a parking lot late in the evening.

You have to love a Father God who will keep running horses in for us to slide down on - even when our bodies and spirits are broken. But we have to remember the price He paid to get us back home with Him. You and I have taken many blows, and broken bones. But we've never taken nails and death on a cross by choice and raised a few days later. I don't know about you. But I have enough trouble defeating my flesh - let alone death itself.

Thank you Jesus for letting us jump in with you and get down the road. Keep showing us grace please. We're unworthy of your forgiveness. Please keep pointing us to our arenas in life and stay with us as we choose courage to face our fears in serving you. Be our 90 point ride that glorifies you and leads others to see YOU in us so that they can feel what a true champion, you Jesus, is.

Everyone stay warm and dry. Love you all! Go love on someone and be a little Jesus maybe they've never seen.

Cory

(With Father Joe/Cheyenne)