All Past Reflections

"In the Vineyard" — Reflection by Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Isaiah 5:1-7, NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Matthew 21:33-46, NRSVUE) ‘Tis the season. Not that season (which is still a few months away), the other season — COVID shot season. The new vaccine generally...

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost "I have a Question" — Reflection by Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Philippians 2:1-13/NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Matthew 21:23-32/NRSVUE) After spending the past week with the passage from Matthew’s Gospel you just heard, I realized...

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost "It's Not Fair" — Reflection by Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Jonah 3:10-4:11/NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Matthew 20:1-16/NRSVUE) Sometimes I stand behind this pulpit on Sunday mornings and wonder how the heck I got here. Though...

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost "Seventy Times Seven" — Reflection by Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Exodus 15:19-31/NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Matthew 18:21-35/NRSVUE) I know that it’s tempting to gloss right over those words in the Bible you might not understand...

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost "Getting Along" — Reflection by Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Romans 12:9-21/NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Matthew 18:15-20/NRSVUE) You know it’s going to be an interesting day when you find out who your new boss is going to be from a...

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost "Follow Me" — Reflection by Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Romans 12:9-21/NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Matthew 16:21-28/NRSVUE) We’ve shared a home with our dog Olive for a little more than decade now. She’s a complicated blessing (as a...

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost "Like a Rock" — Reflection by Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Romans 12:1-8/NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Matthew 16:13-20/NRSVUE) In New Jersey, where I grew up, you could get your learner’s permit at the age of sixteen once you’d passed...

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost "The Moved Mover" — Reflection by Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Isaiah 56:1,6-9/NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Matthew 15:21-28/NRSVUE) One of the things I miss about living back East is easy access to Dunkin Donuts. I know there’s a few in...

Rev. Brent Gundlah It’s a blessing to be here with you today, outside the four walls of our usual gathering space. It’s good to get out of our comfort zone every once in a while, to experience things from a different perspective. It is in this same spirit that I chose...