Sermon March 15, 2026 Diego Garrido You may have noticed our reader Carol Lohe read until verse 11, but this was going to be another long reading, yes, another twenty more verses. So let me summarize it. Jesus heals this man. And yes, he uses saliva. There was a back and forth argument with the Pharisees about healing him on Sabbath, and…
Sermon online 2026-03-08 At the Well by Rev. Dr. Mark Caggiano, 3/8/2026 Exodus 17:1-7; John 4:5-42 Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile and go. Moses is dealing with a rebellious group. They are mad that there is no water and are…
Sermon online 2026-03-01 The End of Things For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. This sentence is for some the concise summation of Christian faith. It was the purpose of Jesus’ presence in the world. Without him, all would perish, but through…
In the Book of Genesis, the first man and the first woman are offered paradise with one condition: that they not eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. And yet they are tempted to do so by the serpent. God cautioned that the man and woman would die if they ate from the tree, but the serpent explained that…
Beloveds, let me start with a joke. If Christ appeared radiant in glory, to a Unitarian freshly graduated from Harvard, he might quietly adjust his glasses, shake his head and say: ‘Fantastic. Now, how does this help me love my neighbor on Monday morning?’ Stay with me to find out. Seromon 02-15 Belovedness edited – Diego Garrido
Isaiah 58:1-9a; Matthew 5:13-20 Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. This passage in Isaiah begins with a comparison. It is a contrast between true and false worship. To be focused on rituals and performing them correctly, even perfectly, as opposed to worshipping…
Sermon online 2026-02-01 “Beatitudes” by Rev. Dr. Mark Caggiano, 2/1/26 Micah 6:1-8, Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. The Beatitudes of Jesus are many things. They are a sermon offered to guide people listening…
Sermon 2026-01-25 Light in the darkness “Light in the Darkness,” by Rev. Dr. Mark Caggiano, 1/25/26 Isaiah 9:1-4; Matthew 4:12-23 [T]he people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned. In the Gospel of Matthew, the evangelist is quoting from our other reading from the Book…
Sermon Diego Garrido Discipleship 1_18_2026 (final) Color-courageous Discipleship Martin Luther King Day John 1:29-42 The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. Community, I pray for each of you today. I…
“Knowing What to Do,” by Rev. Mark Caggiano, 1/11/26 Isaiah 60:1-6; Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east, and have come to pay him homage.”;…