Sunday, August 24, 2025

Eleventh Sunday after PentecostSabbath — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Isaiah 58:9b-14/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 13:10-17/NRSVUE) I don’t know what you’re doing this afternoon after church but I’m pretty sure I know what I’m doing if it’s not raining: yard work....

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Tenth Sunday after PentecostRev. Brent Gundlah First Reading: Isaiah 5:1-7/NRSVUE Gospel: Luke 12:49-56/NRSVUE It might be hard to appreciate living in a place that’s as dry as Utah is, but when we lived in the Boston suburbs our house had a serious flaw...

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost”Things Hoped For, Things Not See” – Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 12:32-40/NRSVUE) “Do not be afraid,” is what Jesus says in the opening words of today’s gospel reading....

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Rev. Brent Gundlah In late seventeenth-century England, a religious movement began that came to known as “deism.” One of deism’s central premises was that religion should be solely based in reason (by what we’re able to observe in the world) rather than on revelation...

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Sixth Sunday after PentecostDistractions – Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 10:38-42/NRSVUE) When I was in seminary I did my ministry internship at a UCC church in the town next to the one in which I lived; it was a...

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Fifth Sunday after PentecostNeighbors – Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Colossians 1:1-14/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 10:25-37/NRSVUE) When they were in high school, my two daughters worked at the same place, about five miles from home, which made for a pretty good...