Sunday, February 11, 2024

Transfirguration Sunday “The One Constant” First Reading (2 Kings 2:1-12, NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Mark 9:2-9, NRSVUE) If you thought that our readings from Mark’s Gospel over the last few weeks, with their tales of Jesus performing miraculous healings and...

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany “Miracles” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Isaiah 40:21-31, NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Mark 1:29-39, NRSVUE) In 1820, near the end of his life, Thomas Jefferson finished a book project that he’d been working on for about a...

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany”Prophets All” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Deuteronomy 18:15-20, NRSVUE)Gospel Reading     (Mark 1:21-28, NRSVUE) It looks like it’s time to reconvene the search committee folks. Oh, I don’t mean here at HUCC — I...

Sunday, January 21, 2023

Third Sunday after the Epiphany”Fisher’s of People”—Rev. Brent Gundlah Jonah 3:1-5, NRSVUE and Mark 1:14-20, NRSVUE. Is there anyone who would actually want to be judged purely on the basis of how they behaved on their worst days? I know I...

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Baptism of Jesus “The Face of the Waters” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Genesis 1:1-5, NRSVUE) Gospel Reading   (Mark 1:4-11, NRSVUE) Many years ago, Val and I lived in the small city of Weehawken, New Jersey. For those of you who don’t happen to...

Sunday, January 7, 2023

The Epiphany”Arise, Shine, for Your Light Has Come” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Isaiah 60: 1-6, NRSVUE) Gospel Reading (Matthew 2:1-12, NRSVUE)  So, the Christmas season officially ends today. Well, it actually ended yesterday since January 6th is...