Finding Gideon: A Broken Dream, a Missing Horse, and the Faith of a Mustard Seed

A horse, a dog, and a long-time dream coming together-what more could a girl want?

Since the day I read my first Thoroughbred series book in fifth grade, I imagined crouching over the withers of a racehorse, feeling its muscles bunch together and release with each stride. But I wanted more than an image in my mind-I wanted it in real life.

It was my junior year of college when I left home to chase that dream, and for a minute I had it between my fingers. Gideon rode in the horse trailer an...