Spirituality

Introducing Immaculate Heart Of Mary Catholic Church

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Immaculate Heart of Mary Pastor John Daniel with staff members from left, David Mutschlecner, Rhonda Simmonds, Norma Parra, Fr. Daniel, Cathy Kohlrust, Caren Stephens and Tirso Arnelas inside the church at 3700 Canyon Road. Established in 1946, IHM is a Catholic Church of the Roman Rite serving the communities of Los Alamos and White Rock. Learn more at ihm.org. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

Immaculate Heart of Mary Pastor John Daniel outside the church at 3700 Canyon Road. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More

Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum Features Reinovsky

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Bob Reinovsky speaks at the first lecture of the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum’s Summer Series Wednesday evening at the Unitarian Church. Photo by Morrie Pongratz

LAF&SF News:

Bob Reinovsky was the first speaker of Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum’s Summer Series.

Reinovsky, a program manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory, spoke to a full house Wednesday evening at the Unitarian Church. He began the exploration of the hard-to-get-your-mind-around concept of human “consciousness” and examined characterizing human consciousness in the dimensions of “brain (neuroscience), Read More

Local LDS Relief Society Assists Women Across Globe

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Members of the LDS Church Relief Society create flannel liners to donate to Days for Girls and Women 2 Be. Courtesy photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

For many women around the world, menstruation can be a humiliating or physically painful experience because they don’t have any resources to help manage their flow.

According to the Days for Girls website, for many young women in rural areas or developing countries, getting their period forces them to miss school or prevents them from graduating. Worse, in some isolated areas menstruation can lead to Read More

Fr. Glenn: Being True

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By Fr. Glenn Jones

Last week this column spoke of encouraging youth (and everyone, really) to make those often weighty (and constant) decisions of choosing between the good and the easy … between what is popular yet lacking, and that which is virtuous yet difficult … though it possibly be even ostracizing.

This is the perpetual struggle for the Christian because the truth of Jesus’ words is often quite manifest: “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads Read More

‘Hands On’ Icon Painting Workshop At Saint Job Of Pochaiv Orthodox Church July 8-13 & July 15-20

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During the workshop, beginning students will work on this icon of the Archangel Michael. Courtesy photo

Advanced students will work on this icon of Saint Luke the Proto-iconographer. Courtesy photo

Fr. Theophan Mackey, front center, of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church and students of a previous workshop with their finished icons. Courtesy photo

Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church News:

Two icon painting workshops in the Byzantine-Russian tradition will be held this July in Los Alamos, at Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church, 1319 Trinity Dr.

The Prosopon School of Iconology Read More

Introducing New Beginnings Church

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From left, New Beginings Childrens Pastor Gwen King, Assistant Childrens Pastor Lizzy Lyon, Youth Pastor Moises Pinto and Lead Pastors Laneesa and Shawn Amburgey at their church at 112 East Road. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

From top left, New Beginings Assistant Childrens Pastor Lizzy Lyon,  Childrens Pastor Gwen King, Youth Pastor Moises Pinto and from bottom left, Lead Pastors Laneesa and Shawn Amburgey. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

From New Beginnings Church:

New Beginnings is a church with authentic people who have real issues just like everyone Read More

Scenes From Installation Of New Pastor David Taylor At First Baptist Church Of Los Alamos Sunday Morning

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New Pastor David Taylor preaches his first sermon Sunday morning at his installation at First Baptist Church of Los Alamos at 2200 Diamond Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

New FBC-LA Pastor David Taylor’s father Pastor Dennis Taylor traveled from Oklahoma to preach Sunday morning at his son’s installation. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com 

New FBC-LA Pastor David Taylor’s brother Michael Taylor traveled from Oklahoma to preach Sunday morning at his brother’s installation. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com  Scene from Read More

FBC-LA Welcomes New Pastor David Taylor

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First Baptist Church of Los Alamos at 2200 Diamond Dr. welcomes new Pastor David Taylor. Courtesy photo
 
By RICHARD STEAD
Deacon Chairman
FBC-LA

First Baptist Church of Los Alamos is delighted to welcome our new pastor David Taylor. David has moved to our community with his wife Laci and their 9-year-old twins Caleb and Kaitlyn.

David has eight years’ experience as a pastor and is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry through Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

David is originally from Oklahoma and has since lived and served also in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico.

The church will Read More

Fr. Glenn: Being A Candle In Darkness

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By Fr. Glenn Jones

Begging your attention a moment: consider the division sign: ÷

It could rather symbolize two persons divided by a fence, couldn’t it? Perhaps that was the intent of its original design of its symbolism of division. But, the sadness is … though both dots/persons are identical, one is lower than the other … that barrier of division between them preventing communication or, perhaps, even unification.

Not so unlike us humans, wouldn’t you say? Though we outwardly lament divisions, we tend to cultivate them nonetheless—the “other” person being “lower” or “inferior” in one way Read More