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The Holy Trinity
Villengard Algorithm The other day, I was watching one of the latest episodes of a show called "Doctor Who." In an episode called “Boom,”...

Marissa Galvan
May 28, 20245 min read


Being Inclusive and Intercultural in an Exclusive and Multicultural World
What is Your Identity? Over the years, I've worked with several groups coming up with anti-racism statements or policies. Recently, as an...

Marissa Galvan
Apr 22, 20247 min read


I Think It's Very, Very, Very Hard to Wait
This is our sermon for March 17, 2024 (Lent 5) Psalm 130 A pilgrimage song. I cry out to you from the depths, Lord— 2 my Lord, listen to...

Marissa Galvan
Mar 22, 20245 min read
A Blessing With Every Breath
These is our sermon for March 3, 2024 (Lent 3). Psalm 63 O God, you are my God; I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for...

Marissa Galvan
Mar 22, 20245 min read
Blow by blow, verse by verse
This sermon was preached on February 18, 2024. Lent 1. Psalm 25 Artful Pose Maya Angelou in a poem called “Artful Pose” writes about the...

Marissa Galvan
Feb 21, 20246 min read
How Does A Weary World Rejoice? We Acknowledge Our Weariness: Advent 1
I’m so tired! On the last night that I spent in Puerto Rico, I was hanging around with a group of younger people that are very important...

Marissa Galvan
Dec 3, 20237 min read


A FALTA DE PAN GALLETAS: August 6, 2023
Matthew 14:13-21 13Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard...

Marissa Galvan
Aug 6, 20235 min read


Jesus talks about money, politics, and religion
Palm Sunday Kate Trigger Duffert Before taking a moment to orient our passage in the larger story of Jesus’ final days, I want to prepare...

Marissa Galvan
Apr 10, 20237 min read


JESUS INVITES DEBBIE DOWNER AND EEYORE TO DINNER
March 26, 2023 Fifth Sunday in Lent (Year A) Luke14: 15-24 Who are Debbie Downer and Eeyore? When Discipleship and Worship was planning...

Marissa Galvan
Mar 26, 20235 min read


Jesus Sits in the Wrong Chair
Am I the Bad Person? There is a place on the Internet where people go to find out if they made the correct decision about something they...

Marissa Galvan
Mar 21, 20235 min read


Jesus eats with people with dirty hands
Lent 3 Rev. Marissa Galván-Valle This Is The Way We Wash Our Hands If you asked anybody what the cardinal rule of table manners for...

Marissa Galvan
Mar 13, 20235 min read


Jesus Breaks Out of the Pod
Lent 2 Rev. Candasu Vernon Cubbage “Woah, ah, mercy, mercy me. Ah, things ain't what they used to be.” Marvin Gaye sang this back in...

Marissa Galvan
Mar 13, 20236 min read


What has straw in common with wheat?
Sermon based on Jeremiah 23:23-29 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Wheat and straw The passage that we just read in Jeremiah is one that...

Marissa Galvan
Aug 14, 20225 min read


Unplugging and plugging: Lent 5
Mark 1:35–39 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. 36 And Simon...

Marissa Galvan
Apr 3, 20225 min read


A Watered Garden: Ash Wednesday
Let’s talk about Bruno In one of the scenes of Encanto, a Disney Studios film, Bruno (the rejected and supposed weirdo of his family)...

Marissa Galvan
Mar 2, 20225 min read


Celebrate Hope: A Free-Flowing Bilingual Poem for Christmas Eve
Titus 2:11-14 11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, 12training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and...

Marissa Galvan
Dec 26, 20213 min read


Hearing the hope: Advent 1
Isaiah 9:2, 6–7 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light...

Marissa Galvan
Nov 28, 20216 min read


HOME IS PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU
Bible Study When we were studying Mark 4:35-41 for Bible Study, the Feasting on the Word materials mentioned four powerful message that...

Marissa Galvan
Jun 20, 20215 min read


THE MARVELOUS MUSTARD SEED
About two years ago, I had the chance to translate a book called The Marvelous Mustard Seed, written by Amy-Jill Levine and Sandy...

Marissa Galvan
Jun 20, 20215 min read


LET’S DANCE AGAIN
Si quiere ver la versión en español vaya a este enlace. Us Again On Friday, I was watching a Disney short film called “Us Again”. The...

Marissa Galvan
Jun 6, 20214 min read
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