Lessons From A Treestand: Where Are Your Roots Planted?

There’s nothing quite like walking to your tree stand in the dark on a morning you’ve waited for all year. Every step matters. Every sound gets your attention. You settle in, bow ready, wondering what might step out as the rising sun slowly reveals the woods around you.

This week on Unleashed, Brent Henderson returns to the Indiana woods for his first hunt back since heart surgery. A bow mishap nearly ends the trip before it starts, an owl gets a little too close for comfort, and a quiet morning eighteen feet up gives him something he’ll need when life hits back the following day.

In Episode 171, “Lessons from a Tree Stand: Where Are Your Roots Planted?” Brent shares the anticipation, humor, and gratitude of getting back into the stand, along with a lesson that followed him home. Just as daylight reveals what we couldn’t see in the woods, God can reveal His presence and truth in our darkest moments when we seek Him.

Whether you’re listening on the drive to deer camp or wishing you were in the woods, join Brent for a conversation about what holds us steady when disappointment knocks the wind out of us.

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:7–8; Luke 6:43–45