Entertain Strangers in Our Midst

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:2 When I was in confirmation class many years ago, I don’t recall especially that there was an assignment around choosing a “life...

Keep your eyes on those who live as we do.

 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. ~ Philippians 3:17 Even as we aspire to hope for new life, if we are honest, new life scares us. New life is annoying....

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.”...

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.”...