Pastor’s Blog (Page 36)

Dear Woodland Hills Family,                      The graph to the right expresses how things have been going in our economy for some time now.  I think most of us have felt it first-hand in some way or another– job loss, pay cuts, reduced hours, devalued investments, and so on. But the graph below expresses something that has been going on here at Woodland Hills…

Dear Woodland Hills Family, Last week Barb and I shoe-horned ourselves into two of those econo-ticket airline seats and headed for San Diego to take part in Reyner and Jennie’s wedding. Somewhere over Arizona, Barb happened upon the September 13 issue of Time Magazine.  Of all the ironies while enroute to a wedding, this issue featured a new business venture…

Now Jesus was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart (Luke 18:1) The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. (James 5:16) Consider the following, supposedly a true story. In Mt. Vernon, Texas, Drummond’s Bar began construction on an expansion of their building to increase their business. In response, the…

If the Apostle Paul were alive today and wrote to us here at Woodland Hills, how would he likely begin his letter? Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to all the holy ones at Woodland Hills… grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. There are several features that mark Paul’s salutations, but notice this one…

You’ll never guess what caught my eye the other day. It was an auction posting for a beautifully colored parasail. You know about these, right?  A parasail is a modified parachute.  You strap yourself into the parasail’s harness and a ski boat tows you and the parasail aloft with a 300 foot cable.  Some say there’s nothing like it.  Others say it’s…

Meet our two dogs, Tucker (on the left) and Sadie.  Both are Golden Retrievers from the same breeder but from different bloodlines.  Tucker is the well-mannered, calm, [more] obedient one and has outgrown chewing everything in sight.  He reminds us of Shadow in Homeward Bound: calm, composed, patient, and wise.  Sadie spends every waking moment at full throttle.  Always…