Borrego Ministers Association

06/26/2026

06/24/2026

This group has been active in Borrego Springs for many years. Call to find out more. Everyone is welcome.

06/21/2026

Monday 11 AM at the CRC >>> Are you struggling with caring for someone with Alzheimer/Dementia? The Resource Center is hosting a Caregiver Support Group beginning this Monday, June 22, 11AM.

Come share your stories and learn some coping skills. The group leader is Retired Nurse Sandra Sterling.
Call Martha Deichler with any questions: 619-948-5900.

Sandra Sterling, a retired registered nurse with more than 40 years of experience, also provides caregiver respite visits for relief and support. After losing a family member to dementia, she found purpose in helping other families navigate the challenges of caregiving.

For caregiver respite visits and support services, contact Sandra Sterling at760-803-2212.

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06/19/2026

“The Good Samaritan”
“One does not have a neighbor; I make myself someone’s neighbor” -Paul Ricœur
This parable from Luke 10 is considered one of the most well known in the gospels. Like many other Christians, I have heard this story hundreds of times. However, it wasn’t until adulthood a mentor gave me a more significant understanding of this story.
When an expert in religious law, a lawyer, asks Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”, Jesus answers him with this parable. A man traveling down a well known dangerous road from Jerusalem to Jericho is ambushed by robbers, who steal his possessions, and beat him leaving him “half dead.” Two members of the lawyer’s own religious class pass the man by but the one who does stop is an outsider, a Samaritan, who takes pity on the man, caring for his wounds, and takes him on his donkey to a nearby inn. He is the true neighbor. Jesus tells them to go and do likewise. The Jewish listeners would have winced because at the time Samaritans were considered a member of an excluded group, an ‘other’. Jesus is giving the lawyer a lesson in God’s law of love.

In his short essay on this parable Paul Ricouer notes that the Gospel would completely condemn the modern world. Jesus is telling us that we don’t simply HAVE neighbors. We MAKE ourselves someone’s neighbor. This is a very anti-modern attitude. Through a modern world of fences, borders, screens, social media, ring cameras, automobiles, etc. we are increasingly living in an age of a dehumanized world of abstract, anonymous and distant relationships. Many often using, religion, politics or “the law” to distance themselves from the wounded and most vulnerable people in our communities. Immigrants, refugees, single mothers, the unhoused, and those in prison.

Like all of the parables, Jesus is using this one for the church to imagine the kind of community it is called to be. The parables are meant to be lived. If you want to love your neighbor you are going to have to go make yourself one.

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06/19/2026

In the cold waters off Norway, a remarkable moment unfolded beneath the surface.

A newborn orca was struggling to stay afloat, and its pod didn’t hesitate. One by one, several orcas moved in, gently guiding and lifting the calf upward until it could finally breathe. Their actions were steady, intentional, and perfectly in sync.

This wasn’t instinct alone; it was cooperation, awareness, and care in action.

Orcas are often known for their strength and precision as hunters, but moments like this reveal something deeper. They look out for one another. They respond. They work together when it matters most.

It’s a powerful reminder that empathy and intelligence are not uniquely human traits; they exist all around us, even in the depths of the ocean.

(AI image for illustration. This event was witnessed by scientists but not filmed)

06/19/2026

06/18/2026

BMA member Shirley Vialpando talks about what her work with the BMA has meant to her.

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06/18/2026

Check out the senior center programs