Articles by Rev. Becky O'Conner

From your pastor… Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and […]

From your pastor… And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and the prayers.  (Acts 2: 42) In his book Sunday Dinner:  The Lord’s Supper and the Christian […]

from your pastor… “Phillip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, […]

From your pastor… “but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” […]

 From your pastor… Let nothing upset you; let nothing frighten you. Everything is changing;  But God remains the same.  Be patient and hope; For with God, you lack nothing. God alone fills all our needs. […]

From your pastor… “There was a leper who came to Jesus and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.’ Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, ‘I […]

From your pastor… “All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.” Acts 2: 44-45 This […]

Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. (I Timothy 4: 12, NRSV) From your pastor… This statement is advice given […]

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me for to such belong the kingdom of heaven.” (Luke 18: 15-16) Recently, we have been watching with sadness the plight of thousands of children and youth […]

So God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, of every kind,…And God saw that it was good.”  Genesis 1: 21 Really, God? Even the mosquitoes? Apparently God had a reason […]

What good is it my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works?  Can faith save you?  If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and […]