The Carpenter Who Finally Opened His Toolbox

For eleven years, Raymond Guthrie built furniture in his garage workshop in Terre Haute, Indiana — cherry wood tables, oak bookshelves, hand-turned walnut bowls. His neighbors admired his work through the window but rarely saw the inside of that shop. Raymond kept to himself. He tithed faithfully, attended Wednesday prayer meetings, and read his Bible every morning before dawn. His faith was real.…