Take the Reins: A Father Teaches His Son About Life, Commitment and Spirituality

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John Moore chose a lifetime of relying on things beyond his keep watch over. One that demanded multiple man could give. In this uncertain landscape, he carves out an imperishable legacy for his son, Jess, teaching him to find security in the eternal, and to persevere in the strength of maturity, wisdom, courage, and character.
Take the Reins collects a father’s lessons to his son about “life, commitment, and spirituality.” Creator John L. Moore (best known for his fiction, including The Breaking of Ezra Riley) is a rancher who lives north of Miles City, Montana. Take the Reins consists of short meditations on experiences that he and his son Jess have shared on the ranch, where bad luck, drought, disease, and other dangers repeatedly shatter any illusions that this world is a secure place to live. The book’s basic lesson is that only God offers security. Admirably, Moore manages to convey this lesson without denigrating the physical world. The book has more than its share of excitement and suspense–runaway horses, hunting trips, long hours lost on the plains–and it’s equally adept at poignant understatement. (Describing his take care of a in poor health calf, Moore writes that “We carried the calf to the toilet and lowered the cold body into the warm water. The smell of afterbirth came alive in the heat.”) Take the Reins is a fine book whose lessons regarding paternal love have a quiet, universal appeal.

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