I am hoping that you recognize our first reading, the Ten Commandments. It is bread and butter religion, so basic as almost to be assumed. Yes, you need to hear them first at some time in your life, but then they become so familiar, so second nature, so central. But if you look at the order of service, you might note an…
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” In the gospel reading, Jesus offers a story about workers being paid. Some work for a full day, some for half a day, and others for an hour.…
So Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it upon a pole, and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live. This reading rolls around once or twice per year. It symbolizes God offering a way to relieve the suffering of the people. Which is helpful, because God was the one who sent…
Peter came and said to him, Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times? Jesus said to him, Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. Jesus goes on to tell the parable of the slave who sought mercy from his master the king. The master forgave his enormous…
Sermon 14 June 2026 and Flower Communion Liturgy For a Unitarian and a Universalist κήρυγμα June 14, 2026 Matthew 9:35 – 10:8 Rev. Diego Garrido Barreto As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Cure the sick; raise the dead; cleanse those with skin disease; cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. …
Sermon online 2026-06-07 What God Desires by Rev. Mark Caggiano, 6/7/2026 Hosea 5:15-6:6; Matthew 9:9-13 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. In the Book of Hosea, we are hearing something new. New in the scheme of the Bible because obviously this was written long ago. God wants steadfast love, not sacrifices. God…
Sermon online 2026-05-31 Goodness “Goodness,” by Rev. Dr. Mark Caggiano, May 31, 2026 Genesis 1:1-10; Matthew 28:16-20 When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Everything begins in chaos. Or as it is written in…
Sermon May 10 Diego Garrido Sermon May 10, 2026 Diego Garrido Mary Magdalene Mark 16:1-11 Hola. This is your ministerial intern, Diego. Join me first in this prayer: God of love, I trust in you. May my words speak like the courage of the women who went to the tomb. May we, as a community, receive a message of belovedness for each…
Sermon online 2026-05-03 Miriam by Rev. Mark J.T. Caggiano, 5/3/26 Exodus 15:20–21; John 14:1-14 Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing. And Miriam sang to them: ‘Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.’ This…
Sermon 2026-04-26 Hagar “In the Wilderness,” by Rev. Dr. Mark Caggiano, Genesis 21:9-19; John 10:1-10 So she said to Abraham, “Cast out this slave woman with her son, for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.” In the reading from Genesis, we heard a difficult story. Sarah has given birth to a son, Isaac, from…