by Brent Gundlah | Jul 23, 2023 | Reflections
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost “Sowing Weeds” Rev. Brent Gundlah Well, it’s another day down on the farm with Jesus as our reading from Matthew again uses agricultural imagery to explain what God’s reign is like. In today’s parable, Jesus turns his...
by Brent Gundlah | Jul 16, 2023 | Reflections
Seveth Sunday after Pentecost “Sowing Seeds” — Rev. Brent Gundlah Once upon a time, I lived and served a church in a rural community in America’s “Heartland” — a place where agriculture anchors the local economy and where people work hard to raise all sorts of things....
by Brent Gundlah | Jul 9, 2023 | Reflections
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost”Burdens”Rev. Brent Gundlah When I was in seventh grade, my parents adopted two brown and white baby goats named Annabelle and Phoebe. It seemed like a good idea at the time; we had a barn in the back of our property that...
by Brent Gundlah | Jul 3, 2023 | Reflections
Fifth Sunday After Pentecost Rev. Brent Gundlah Many years ago, shortly after Valerie and I moved to New York, we were invited to my parents’ house for Thanksgiving dinner. This would be the first time she’d be spending a major holiday with my family, which was...
by Brent Gundlah | Jun 25, 2023 | Reflections
Fourth Sunday after PentecostHope Springs Eternal Rev. Brent Gundlah In baseball, a player’s “batting average” is calculated by taking the number of hits a player has and dividing it by the number of that player’s at-bats. The result is reported out to three decimal...
