An Easter Sermon by Pastor Dr. Richard Camino Read by an automated voice. The scripture reading is found in the Gospel of John 20:14–16 Christ has risen! And here is the strange, beautiful, unsettling thing about that resurrection: almost nobody recognized Him at first. Think about that for a moment. The disciples who had walked with Jesus for three years, who had heard His voice countless times, who had broken bread with Him and watched Him heal, weep, and pray — they looked

INTRODUCTION Just one chapter before the palms are cut and the cloaks are spread on the road, there is a quieter, sharper exchange. A mother approaches Jesus on behalf of her two sons. She wants thrones — one on the left, one on the right. Jesus turns to the sons and asks them a question that re-frames everything: Can you drink the cup I am going to drink? Henri Nouwen, writing near the end of his own life, called this the great spiritual question. Can you drink this cup? Not

Letter to Saint Luke Greetings from Pastor Richard to my beloved Saint Luke United Methodist Church in Augusta, GA. As I am away, I want to give thanks to God who has provided me the blessing of being your pastor, an experience I would have never imagined, and one that reminds me of William Cowper’s poem, “God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea,      And rides upon the storm.” This poem was inspired by John 13:7, “Jesus ans

February 8, 2026 Pastor Richard Camino Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16 "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its taste, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled under feet by men. You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before people that

Rev. Richard F Camino, M.D., M.A. The Gospel of John 3: 13-17, tells about the unimaginable love God has for us. The force question we should ask is: How is it that Christ gave his life for the salvation of All, and we built lives against them?  In Thomas Merton’s book, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, he provides some answers to this question: “The sin of bad theology has been precisely this - to set Christ up against man, and to regard all flesh and blood men as 'not-Chri