Horses and Holy Moments – Where Faith and Horsemanship Meet
Step into a world where the love of horses meets the transforming power of Jesus Christ. Hosted by Ingela Larsson Smith—renowned horsemanship teacher, founder of the True Connection system, and leader of the mission project Horses for Orphans—and her dear friend Corrie Sepcich, a passionate follower of Jesus and horse lover, this podcast invites you on a journey of faith, freedom, and connection.
Each episode weaves together heartfelt stories, biblical truths, and practical insights into building deeper relationships—with God, ourselves, and our horses. Discover how the Gospel brings true freedom and how, through a growing relationship with Jesus, we can experience His promised abundant life. As we learn to live in God’s love, peace, and joy, we also gain the ability to offer the same to our horses—creating moments of true connection and transformation.
Join Ingela and Corrie as they share personal experiences, mission stories, and Spirit-led wisdom to help you overcome the blocks that hold you back from becoming all that God created you to be. Whether you’re a devoted Christian, a passionate horse enthusiast, or both—this podcast will inspire you to walk closer with your Heavenly Father and live fully alive in Christ.
A beautiful Andalusian stallion with a twisted gut. A vet who said there was nothing more he could do. An owner in tears. And Ingela, kneeling beside the dying horse, so sick with nausea she could barely speak — fighting a twenty-minute battle just to get her own soul to worship God.
In this extraordinary episode, Ingela tells the story of the only resurrection of a horse she has ever witnessed. She describes the moment her spirit and soul went to war inside her, how she forced herself to stay and pray when every part of her body wanted to leave, and the moment she finally broke through into God’s presence and asked the only question that mattered: Father, what do you want to do here? What came next was a voice she had never heard before — a child’s voice, using a word she would never use, speaking with absolute clarity: the horsey is going to sleep for a little while and then he is going to be fine. And then the horse died. Eyes rolled back. Jaw crossed. Breathing stopped. What happened after that is one of the most powerful holy moments in the history of this podcast.
Whether you are a person of deep faith or someone who has never experienced a miracle, this episode will challenge everything you thought you knew about what is possible when God speaks.
21 Sept 2026
The Love Bubble — Building a Foundation That Holds
What makes a horse fearless? Not desensitisation. Not repetition. Not dominance. A horse becomes fearless when he finds a leader he can fully trust — someone who carries an atmosphere of love, peace, and joy that he can step into and rest.
In this foundational teaching episode, Ingela unpacks the core principles of True Connection, beginning with what she calls the love bubble: the real, tangible atmosphere of love that a horseperson creates and extends to the horse. She explains why the love bubble must overflow rather than be pushed, why we must feel loved ourselves before we can give love to our horse, and how connecting to the presence of God fills us with the very substance our horse is longing for. She draws a powerful parallel between the fully yielded horse — soft, trusting, powerful in his relaxation — and the beauty of biblical submission, where yielding to a selfless leader is not weakness but the doorway to freedom. And she connects it all to Matthew 7:24: building on the rock so that when the storm comes, the relationship holds.
Whether you are new to True Connection or have been following Ingela for years, this episode lays the groundwork that everything else is built on. No tricks. No shortcuts. Just love, peace, joy, and a horse who chooses to stay.
6 Sept 2026
Five Against One — How a Competition Opened Hearts
A group of First Nations youth on a reservation in Northern British Columbia. Drinking beer, smoking, leaning against a car, completely uninterested in the Christian group that had arrived. Zero openness. Zero curiosity. Zero invitation to talk about God. So Ingela did what nobody expected: she challenged them to a competition. Five of their best horsemen against her, one woman, to see who could be first to ride a bucking horse bareback in a halter. In this incredible episode, Ingela tells the full story of what happened that day — the hour she spent just approaching a terrified paint horse while the young men mocked her from the other round pen, the moment the mocking turned to silence, the moment silence turned to amazement, and the moment amazement turned into an open door for the gospel. She also shares the profound teaching behind the story: there is a key to every person’s heart, and God knows what it is. For this community, the key was horses. She walks through her entire starting process in detail — from approach and retreat to gentling in motion to mounting bareback — making this episode both a powerful testimony and a masterclass in practical horsemanship. If you have ever wondered how faith and horsemanship come together to change lives, this is the episode.
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