I think one of the hardest lessons we have to learn as followers of Jesus is how to actually live our faith out when extreme adversity co...

Looking back: Do you find yourself looking back at the past few weeks wondering how we got here? In the bombardment of media, numbers, or...

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105) One of the first things I learned about horses is that they are ...

Wild horses depend on their herd to survive. A horse without a herd will spend hours, days, even weeks staying on the outskirts of the h...

I love Freedom Reigns Ranch for a lot of reasons. The horses, the friends, the sessions, and even the chores have brought more peace and...

As a kid, I went to an equine-focused, faith-based summer camp. I recall that place as being one of the only completely safe places I knew
The horses needed to be groomed one afternoon, so I chose to spend time with them and get to know them. I caught each horse, one by one, and sang them my favorite hymns from my childhood. I sang my favorite to Freedom, this is the same hymn I used to sing to the horses at the camp quite a bit as a kid, and then to myself through my recover

Can you imagine the scene? The man everyone had been talking about in the center of a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people. The sound...

Driving to my first session, nerves fluttered in my stomach as I wondered how I would mentor a child. I prayed that God would fill me wit...

Horses are brilliant at non-verbal communication, and they are continually teaching me. Here are just a few recent thoughts: Be yourself....

Written by Founder and Director, Carissa Ramsdell Horses are strong, majestic, beautiful animals. Most people will acknowledge that. Fro...

"I've let a lot stop me in life, but I refuse to anymore. I always take the next step. I always find a way to move forward." As these wor...

This was beautifully written by one of our volunteers about what the Lord is teaching her through her time at the Ranch. I cannot recall ...

I am often asked to talk about the impact the Ranch is having on participants, and so many times am at a loss for words. How do you descr...

It was mid-afternoon on a warm spring day when Natalie* arrived at the Ranch for her first session. She had been going to therapy for hal...

One of our participants wanted to share a few words with you about why she comes to the Ranch.... One of our participants wanted to share...

Recently, I took my sons, Elijah (10) and Shiloh (7) to meet the horses at beautiful Freedom Reigns Ranch. I went along with them and whi...

Each week at the Ranch it seems that an overarching “theme” emerges that God strings throughout each session. This week “joy” and “deligh...

There was an afternoon I was explaining to someone the basics of how to move her horse, using the active and passive pressure of her legs...