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bout 30 miles south of Dallas, Texas, sits the small town of Waxahachie. Known today for its 1800s Romanesque courthouse on the town square, surrounded by vintage Victorian-style homes, Waxahachie in the 1920s enjoyed an economic boom from cultivating cotton. You’ve probably seen some of the town’s landmarks, for scenes in such movies as “Places in the Heart,” “Trip to Bountiful,” “Tender Mercies” and “Bonnie and Clyde” were filmed there. Waxahachie is the county seat of Ellis County – which is home to one of America’s first and largest cowboy churches: Cowboy Church of Ellis County. Pastor Gary Morgan, one of the movers and shakers in the quickly expanding Cowboy Church movement in the United States, shares his insights on a culture’s impact on churches, American schools’ impact on today’s kids, the burnout that many people experience today, and the impact of the beauty of God’s creation.

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