by Brent Gundlah | Apr 26, 2026 | Reflections
Fourth Sunday of Easter”The Good Shepherd” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Ezekiel 34:1-10/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (John 10:1-11/NRSVUE) One summer when our daughters were very young we took them to a local carnival where they wanted to play one of those...
by Brent Gundlah | Apr 13, 2026 | Reflections
Second Sunday after Easter”Doubt” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Acts 2:14a, 22-32/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (John 20:19-31/NRSVUE) Anyone who’s been around church for a while could tell you that the Sunday after Easter, the Sunday after Christmas,...
by Brent Gundlah | Apr 5, 2026 | Reflections
“A New Beginning”— Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Colossians 3:1-4, NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Matthew 28:1-10, NRSVUE) About this time of year back in 1957, Elvis Presley — the “King of Rock and Roll” — released a song that was number one on the Billboard...
by Brent Gundlah | Mar 29, 2026 | Reflections
Palm SundaySixth Sunday in Lent”The Good News Is…Inspiring Us to Act”— Rev. Brent Gundlah Zechariah 9:9-10Matthew 21:1-17 The story of Palm Sunday is one of the toughest a preacher has to deal with all year because it’s so familiar and so simple....
by Brent Gundlah | Mar 23, 2026 | Reflections
Fifth Sunday in Lent”Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Gospel Reading (John 8:2-11/NRSVUE)Second Gospel Reading (Matthew 23:23/NRSVUE) Today’s first reading from John’s Gospel is a really good story in and of itself, but there’s...
by Brent Gundlah | Mar 16, 2026 | Reflections
Fourth Sunday in Lent”The Alien, the Orphan, and the Widow” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Deuteronomy 24:17-22/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Matthew 19:13-15/NRSVUE) Karl Barth was a minister in the Swiss Reformed Church and is widely acknowledged as being...
