Our Father, In Heaven

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.  Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.  But when you pray, go into your room, close the...

Lenten Reflection by Rev. Roberto Ochoa

The devil led Jesus up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.  If you worship me, it will...

The Only Thing Worth Living For is the Goodness

. If you are at all like me, it is easy these days to find oneself overwhelmed by all noise and chaos in the world around us.  It often feels as if we’re constantly surrounded by a never-ending barrage of discordant information, opinions, and conflicting...

My First Thirty Days as Conference Minister

“Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you.”  3 John 5. (New Revised Standard Version – NRSV) “I BELIEVE THE WORLD AIN’T HALF AS BAD AS IT LOOKS.  I BELIEVE MOST PEOPLE ARE GOOD.”...