All Past Reflections

PentecostRev. Brent Gundlah Many years ago, when we were younger and bolder, Valerie and I drove out to the easternmost point in Maine in order to look at a house that was for sale. Sure, it would have been one heck of a commute between there and our jobs in New York...

Rev. Brent Gundlah I have a confession to make — don’t worry it’s nothing too bad. As you were listening to today’s gospel passage, it might have sounded familiar and, if it did, that’s because it’s the same one you heard last week. This wasn’t by design; it’s what...

Home — Rev. Brent Gundlah The pandemic experience caused me to look at many things in my life from a different perspective, including my own house. Like everyone else, I spent a whole lot more time there than I ever had before. It  was no longer just a place to...

Rev. Brent Gundlah If only church could be the way it used to be. Has that thought crossed your mind lately? Sure, we’ve come a long way since the throes of the pandemic, when pastors were preaching into cell phones in empty sanctuaries, when our interactions were at...

Second Sunday of EasterDoubts — Rev. Brent Gundlah     One day during my freshman year of college, I had an experience that still gives me nightmares. I was sitting in a class (I don’t remember the name of it) when the professor directed a question my...

Easter SundayRev. Brent Gundlah Happy Easter, everyone! When I was on vacation last week I spent a lot of time browsing in tourist trap souvenir shops, as I’ve done on pretty much every trip I’ve ever taken. This is not an unusual activity for a traveler to engage in...

Fifth Sunday in LentDry Bones —Rev. Brent Gundlah Right around last Labor Day, after almost two and a half years of managing to avoid it, I finally ended up catching myself a nice case of COVID. As anyone who’s had this dreaded disease can tell you, there’s not really...

Fourth Sunday in LentLight of the World —Rev. Brent Gundlah This year’s switch to Daylight Savings Time hit me pretty hard. Truth be told, that whole spring ahead thing has never been easy for me, but it’s been markedly tougher since I became a minister. When that...

Rev. Brent Gundlah If you’ve watched a sporting event at some point in the past forty years I guarantee that you’ve seen them, even if you don’t remember having seen them. Whether it was behind home plate in a 3-2 count, in between the uprights for a tie-breaking...

“Bread Alone” — Rev. Brent Gundlah I watch a lot of TV. I’m not proud to say it, but it’s true. I’ll pretty much give anything a chance (except for The Bachelor, because even I have limits), but there are also periods in which I focus much of my attention on a...