by Brent Gundlah | Nov 16, 2025 | Reflections
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost”This is the Good News?” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Isaiah 12/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 21:5-19/NRSVUE) This is the good news. And I really mean that. I’ve uttered this five-word phrase at the conclusion...
by Brent Gundlah | Nov 10, 2025 | Reflections
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost”The Spendor of This House” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Haggai 1:15b-2:9/NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Luke 20:27-38/NRSVUE) Our first reading today came from the book of Haggai. So, who the heck is this guy, Haggai?...
by Brent Gundlah | Nov 2, 2025 | Reflections
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost”Word Matter” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4/CEB) Gospel Reading (Luke 19:1-10/NRSVUE) My job as a pastor involves a awful lot of writing (reflections, letters for the monthly edition of...
by Brent Gundlah | Oct 27, 2025 | Reflections
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost”Humbled and Exalted” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Psalm 84:1-7, NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Luke 18:9-14, NRSVUE) Way back in medieval times, when I was in high school, the State of New Jersey required students to take...
by Brent Gundlah | Oct 12, 2025 | Reflections
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost”Gratitude” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (2 Timothy 2:8-15/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 17:11-19/NRSVUE) I’ll admit it: I enjoy a caffeinated beverage every now and again (as the thirty-two ounce iced coffee sitting on...
