Sunday, November 17, 2024

Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost”Protest Songs”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (1 Samuel 2:1-10 / NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Mark 13:1-8 / NRSVUE) If it feels like the apocalypse is upon us today, that’s because it is. And I don’t say this because the...

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost”Wealth”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Deuteronomy 8:11-18 / NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Mark 12:38-44 / NRSVUE) Last Sunday, during the first of this month’s Stewardship Moments, Dennis stood here and told you all that I’d...

Sunday, November 3, 2024

Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost”All Saints”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Ecclesiastes 3:3-11/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (John 11:32-44/NRSVUE) A couple of weeks ago, Valerie and I got to spend some time down in the Island in the Sky District of...

Sunday, October 27, 2024

Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost”Storybook Endings”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Job 42:1-6/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Mark 10:46-52/NRSVUE) The Disney animated movie The Little Mermaid made its way into theaters back in 1989. If you’ve been living...

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost”Inheritance”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Job 23:1-9, 16-17 / NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Mark 10:17-31 / NRSVUE) I remember standing there in the middle of the track behind my middle school during gym class waiting to...