and while the couple raised three children. At some point, the growing pile of old, leftover horseshoes also inspired him to repurpose them.
“ I’ ve always slept well at night,” Adamson said with a chuckle.
Though seemingly dissimilar, his careers as a farrier, radiologist, artist, and pastor all were interconnected.
“ My office at the hospital often felt more like my ministry office than my church office did, counseling and praying with doctors and nurses who came to me emotional wrecks,” Adamson said.“ And when I’ m working with the horses, it’ s crazy but probably 70 percent of the time, I shoe the horses, and then the clients and I end up talking about the Lord. It’ s no different with my art: customers come in to talk, and the fact that I’ m an open door to share Jesus inevitably gives me opportunities.”
He’ s held church services for groups of neighbors in barns. He’ s preached inside saddle club tents to an audience on horseback. He’ s even shared his faith with a 4-H crowd sitting in bleachers waiting for another event.
“ Your ministry doesn’ t stop when you step out of the pulpit. That’ s where it begins,” said Adamson, who has pastored four churches throughout his career and is currently working as an assistant pastor at Charity Missionary Baptist Church in Greencastle, where his son-inlaw serves as pastor.
After 44 years in radiology, the Danville resident retired as the director of radiology at Terre Haute Regional Hospital.
But his schedule still remains full— working as a farrier on the west side of Indianapolis, being involved with his grandchildren riding and showing horses, and creating custom horsethemed art in his metal shop.
His creations range from door hangers and coat hooks to a currently commissioned full-scale running horse and anything else his clients can envision. Adamson said he loves meeting with customers, sketching their ideas, and eventually forging them to into life.
“ It’ s exciting. I love to get to my shop and just get lost in the work,” he said.
Tom Duffy, the Hoosier Artist Gallery’ s co-op president, said Adamson’ s unique skill and style
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