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.”...

Jesus Was a Poet

“Jesus was a poet.” Those were the first words Bob greeted me with as he came down from upstairs. Not “Good morning” or “Did you sleep well?” but “Jesus was a poet.” I replied, “And don’t you know it.”...

For where two or three are gathered

Matthew 18: 20. “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there with them.” I have several bird feeders outside my kitchen window, with various forms of bird food (and squirrel food, apparently!) that invites a wide variety of birds to flock to my yard. I...