by Brent Gundlah | Nov 5, 2023 | Reflections
Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost”An Unfinished Church” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (1 Thessalonians 2:9-13, CEB)Gospel Reading (Matthew 23:1-12, NRSVUE) I’ve been thinking about church a lot lately — which kind of makes sense because I’m a...
by Brent Gundlah | Oct 29, 2023 | Reflections
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost “Connections” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Deuteronomy 6:1-9, NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Matthew 22:34-46, NRSVUE) As you might recall, this past New Year’s Day was kind of a wintery mess here in the Salt Lake Valley and so,...
by Brent Gundlah | Oct 22, 2023 | Reflections
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost “Render unto Caesar” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Exodus 33:12-23, CEB)Gospel Reading (Matthew 22:15-22, NIV) Not far from my great-grandparents’ tiny village in the Scottish Lowlands lies a larger town by the name of...
by Brent Gundlah | Oct 10, 2023 | Reflections
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost “What Would You Do?” Gospel Reading (Matthew 21:33-46, NRSVUE) There’s this show that’s been on television for many years now called “What Would You Do?” For those of you who haven’t seen it, the premise is simple: actors...
by Brent Gundlah | Oct 2, 2023 | Reflections
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost “Answers and Questions” Rev. Brent Gundlah Is there anything more frustrating than asking someone a question and having them respond to you with a question of their own? I don’t know. Is there? The chief priests and the...
by Brent Gundlah | Sep 25, 2023 | Reflections
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost”Everyone Gets a Medal!” — Rev. Brent Gundlah When they were six years old, our daughters, for reasons that remain shrouded in mystery to this day, decided they wanted to play soccer. It was the one and only time they...
