Sunday, August 31, 2025

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost”Places of Honor” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 14:1, 7-14/NRSVUE) As holidays go, Thanksgiving is my favorite. I mean, what’s not to like about it: Food, family,...

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Eleventh Sunday after PentecostSabbath — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Isaiah 58:9b-14/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 13:10-17/NRSVUE) I don’t know what you’re doing this afternoon after church but I’m pretty sure I know what I’m doing if it’s not raining: yard work....

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Tenth Sunday after PentecostRev. Brent Gundlah First Reading: Isaiah 5:1-7/NRSVUE Gospel: Luke 12:49-56/NRSVUE It might be hard to appreciate living in a place that’s as dry as Utah is, but when we lived in the Boston suburbs our house had a serious flaw...

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost”Things Hoped For, Things Not See” – Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 12:32-40/NRSVUE) “Do not be afraid,” is what Jesus says in the opening words of today’s gospel reading....

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Rev. Brent Gundlah In late seventeenth-century England, a religious movement began that came to known as “deism.” One of deism’s central premises was that religion should be solely based in reason (by what we’re able to observe in the world) rather than on revelation...