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...
by Brent Gundlah | Jun 19, 2023 | Reflections
Third Sunday After Pentecost Rev. Brent Gundlah Many fathers and father-figures tend to dispense advice — sometimes with complete disregard as to whether it was actually solicited from the recipient in the first place. And I must admit that I am one such father; this...
by Brent Gundlah | Jun 19, 2023 | Reflections
“Roll With the Changes” — Rev. Brent Gundlah You don’t hear many reflections about the prophet Haggai these days. But since I just went through the trouble of reading names like Zerubbabel and Jehozadak, and since the folks who put the Bible together chose to include...
