“Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them.” (Proverbs 3:27, NLT) We were honored to host Huldah Buntain this weekend at Woodland Church. In 1954 Mark and Huldah Buntain and their one year old daughter, Bonnie, set sail from New York City for Calcutta. Three ships…Read more Huldah Buntain Visits Woodland Church
What I’m Reading
Compassionate Leadership by Ted Engstrom and Paul Cedar After reading Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr by Ron Chernow a few years ago, I found this story in Compasionate Leadership compelling. From Chapter Three - The Perils of Compassionate Leadership "Dr. Karl Menninger, founder of the famed Menninger Health Institute, learned that people…Read more What I’m Reading
Thunder Snow, Prayer and a Little Girl
Large and heavy snowflakes were falling fast outside my study window. The coated branches of the Norway Spruce were bending from their weight. "Beautiful," I thought. Suddenly the building shook from the shock wave of the thunder! Fifteen years and that church and its windows have never shook due to a storm! I don't know…Read more Thunder Snow, Prayer and a Little Girl
Keep My Yearnings Less than My Earnings!
A very good friend thirty ago, cautioned me, "Keep Your Yearnings Less than Your Earnings." If you are not careful this doctor friend told my wife and me, the more you make the more you'll spend. Who is going to have more peace the couple who earns $25,000 a year and spends $30,000 or the…Read more Keep My Yearnings Less than My Earnings!
Stewardship Mandate
Stewardship is the first recorded subject God talked to mankind about in Genesis. Imagine the context of creation power, beauty and love God blesses Adam, “God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals…Read more Stewardship Mandate
Resetting Your Life
New Year Resolution titles I Googled. Fire Up Your Fitness, Plan for Success, Have a Happier Healthier New Year, Become More Productive. I think all of them are good. New Year is a natural time to think about a Reset in our life. Prayerfully thinking about our life plans and setting goals and solving problems…Read more Resetting Your Life
Reset
Do you know that feeling when you're working on a project and the computer freezes. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people yell at their computers. Today, one of the ladies from our church sent me an email to tell me she got angry with her computer and growled at it! When…Read more Reset
Eternity in our Hearts
“God ... He has planted eternity in the human heart.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11, NLT) Just year ago, I made new friends. He had health issues that created the opportunity for us to get to know one another. We laughed and talked about our common Southern Heritage, living in Michigan, our families and what God had done…Read more Eternity in our Hearts
Walking in the mall!
Last Sunday one of my board members jokingly told our congregation that I promised to take Becky shopping once a week for her birthday. Not! Everyone laughed, knowing I don't enjoy going to a mall. Yet here I am tonight in the mall and deliriously happy to be with her. She is smiling and enjoying…Read more Walking in the mall!
My Beautiful Wife
"The ultimate goal of marriage (and everything else) is the glory of God. Marriage is the arena where the husband and wife have opportunity to put on display the amazing love relationship that Christ has for His church." Ray Rhodes, Jr Yesterday, I stood by my wife's side while she slept. Her blond hair fell…Read more My Beautiful Wife
Coram Deo 