Spirituality

United Church Youth Group Receive Record Donations At 2021 Souper Bowl Of Caring Food And Fundraising Event

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UCLA Youth Group collects cash and food Sunday during the annual Souper Bowl of Caring. All funds raised and food items collected go to LA Cares Food Bank. Photo By Megan Crawford/UCLA Youth Group

UCLA News:

Members of the United Church of Los Alamos (UCLA) Youth Group accepted food and cash donations Sunday during the annual Souper Bowl of Caring. All donations stay completely local.

2021 marks the 30th anniversary of this nation-wide, youth-driven, effort to end hunger and contribute to a local charity.

The United Church of Los Alamos has been participating in Souper Bowl of Caring for at least Read More

Fr. Glenn: Losing The Drudge

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Oh, the dreaded—the detested—alarm … the daily tocsin calling us forth from sound slumber unto another day’s labor. Yet, arise we must … though the warm tentacles of bedding wrap themselves ever more tightly until we force ourselves from their oh-so-seductive embrace so that we might face the day. Each day becomes much like its predecessor … as is its successor. As Job exclaims frustratingly: “Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery? Are not his days those of hirelings…who waits for his wages…” (Job 7:1-4) Hmmm … such a cheery thought.

Yet, that attitude Read More

First United Methodist Church Provides Bagels To Frontline Healthcare Workers At Los Alamos Medical Center

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Mayra Lerna with bagels at Ruby K’s Friday morning prior to delivery to frontline healthcare workers at Los Alamos Medical Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Ruby K’s employees help Camille Wescott of First United Methodist Church take the bagels to a waiting vehicle Friday morning for transport to LAMC. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The bagels arrive Friday morning at Los Alamos Medical Center for distribution to every healthcare worker to thank them for their service. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

First United Methodist Church of Los Alamos News:

During the Read More

Our Lady Of The Woods Offering Wicca 101 Classes

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OLW News:

Are you reaching out for community in this isolated time?

Our Lady of the Woods is offering a four week series, Wicca 101, to seekers interested in the Wiccan path encompassing northern New Mexico from Taos to Albuquerque. 

The class is free to the public and scheduled 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays in March via Zoom.

Our Lady of the Woods is a coven and congregation of the Wiccan religion, which is one of the nature-oriented spiritual traditions of ancient Europe. It is based in the Los Alamos/Santa Fe area and incorporated as a church in the State of New Mexico.

OLW has been meeting in the Los Alamos Read More

Fr. Glenn: Authority

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, a new president with his staff now firmly ensconced, and now we look to four governed years no doubt very differently from the preceding four years due to vast differences between outgoing and incoming. As we witness daily in the media, the situation elicits cheers from the victorious and laments from the defeated. Yet, so it is with every change of administration in national, state or more local elections—speculations about “the devil we know and the devil we don’t” disparities.

This happens in religious groups as well, whether it be with pope or pastor … whisperings Read More

Father Theophan: Winter Pottery

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Frozen pot from winter temperatures. Photo by Father Theophan

By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos

The winter has put a damper on my throwing. The garage is detached from the house, unheated, and often inhabited by my car. There is, thankfully, a wood stove, but it takes a while to warm the place up. Fingers tend to stop doing what they’re told when throwing cold clay with cold water. To alleviate this, I have to fill a bucket with hot water from the house to throw with. The clay is still cold, but the hot water makes it workable at least.

Freezing is the only real danger with Read More

Special Parade Honors Retiree Corine Christman For Her Many Years Of Service To United Church Thrift Shop

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Corine Appreciation Day: United Church Thrift Shop board members held a drive-by appreciation parade this morning for their beloved chair Corine Christman, left, on her retirement. Her friend Nina Thayer holds thank you balloons and bouquets for her this morning in front of the Thrift Shop between Canyon Road and Rose Street. The parade of cars drove by Christman and the drivers honked and waved and thanked Christman for her many, many years of service, including eight years as chair or co-chair. Photo By John McHale/ladailypost.com’

Corine Christman, center, is honored by colleagues Read More

Wreaths Across America Honors ‘The Four Chaplains’ Feb. 3

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Wreaths Across America News:

COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine — Wreaths Across America will honor the American heroes known as “The Four Chaplains” with a special Facebook live event at noon EST, Wednesday, Feb. 3.

Jan. 23, 1943, the U.S.A.T. Dorchester left New York harbor bound for Greenland carrying more than  900 officers, servicemen and civilian workers.

The ship was a coastal passenger steamship requisitioned and operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for wartime use as a troop ship.

The ship was transiting the Labrador Sea when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat (U-233) Feb. 3, 1943. Read More

Scenes From Great Blessing Of Water 2021 At Ashley Pond

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Alter boy Timothy Tyulim and Fr. Theophan leaving Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church on Trinity Drive at noon today to celebrate the annual Great Blessing of Water 2021 at Ashley Pond. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Alter boy Timothy Tyulim and Fr. Theophan lead the procession across Trinity Drive to celebrate the Great Blessing of Water 2021 today at Ashley Pond. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from today’s Great Blessing of Water 2021 at Ashley Pond. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from today’s Great Blessing of Water 2021 at Ashley Pond. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

Fr. Glenn: ‘He Is Out Of His Mind!’

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

It’s hard to deny that we’re entering a new era—the change of presidency, coming out of pandemic, plus a number of other issues you could no doubt add on your own. Assuming good intention, each of us thinks that his own idea about solving problems is the best; that’s the very reason we maintain a position. And so, when someone opposes our own eminent idea, our knee-jerk reaction is often that “He is out of his mind!”, or, more succinctly, “What an idiot!”

That must have been the feeling of some of Jesus’ hearers when they said that of Him: “He is out of His mind!” (Mark 3:20-21)—our Catholic Read More