Sunday, September 15, 2024

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost”Names”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (James 3:1-12/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Mark 8:27-38/NRSVUE) The Fields Medal is one of the highest honors that a mathematician can receive; indeed, it’s often described as the Nobel...

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost”Faith Works”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (James 2:1-17/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Mark 7:24-37/NRSVUE) Have you ever wondered whether Jesus, having said or done something, later wished that he’d said or done something...

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost”Deceiving Ourselves”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (James 1:17-29/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23/NRSVUE) Do you hear that? If you listen really carefully you can hear Martin Luther speaking words of...

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost”Safety in Numbers”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Ephesians 6:10-20/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (John 6:56-69/NRSVUE) I was looking at the volume controls on the sound board back there earlier this week and noticed that they...

Sunday, August 28, 2024

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost”Simple Wisdom”Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Ephesians 5:15-20, NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (John 6:51-58, NRSVUE) Our family recently converged in the Chicago neighborhood of Hyde Park for vacation. It may seem to you like a...