by Brent Gundlah | Aug 4, 2025 | Reflections
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...
by Brent Gundlah | Jul 20, 2025 | Reflections
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...
by Brent Gundlah | Jul 13, 2025 | Reflections
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...
by Brent Gundlah | Jul 6, 2025 | Reflections
Fourth Sunday after PentecostHospitality – Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Galatians 6:1-16/NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (Luke 10:1-11,16-20/NRSVUE) When I was a kid, we generally went over to my grandparents’s house for major feasts — Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter and...
by Brent Gundlah | Jun 29, 2025 | Reflections
Third Sunday after PentecostOpen & Affirming Sunday First Reading (Isaiah 43:1-3/NRSVUE, adapted)Gospel Reading (Matthew 5:13-16/NRSVUE, adapted) At last weekend’s Rocky Mountain Conference Annual Celebration I decided to participate in a workshop entitled...
by Brent Gundlah | Jun 19, 2025 | Reflections
First Sunday after Pentecost”Trinity” — Rev. Brent Gundlah First Reading (Psalm 8, NRSVUE)Gospel Reading (John 16:12-15, NRSVUE) I was an English major in college but was required to take about half of my classes in other subjects — ones with which I was...
