by Connie Nomann | May 17, 2026 | Reflections
Seventh Sunday of EasterAscension — Rev. Brent Gundlah Gospel Reading (Luke 24:44-53/NRSVUE)Second Reading (Acts 1:1-14/NRSVUE) This may be the understatement of the year, but so 2026 hasn’t exactly gone as I’d hoped it would. And let’s be honest, 2025 was no bargain...
by Connie Nomann | May 11, 2026 | Reflections
Sixth Sunday of Easter”The Advocate” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Psalm 66:8-20/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (John 14:15-21/NRSVUE) I encountered a lot of memorable personalities over the course of my twenty-five years in finance but one of the most...
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....
