Spirituality

Scenes From Annual Pet Palooza At Christian Church

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The Christian Church is hosting its second annual Pet Palooza this week. Here farm animals include two horses, two miniature horses and two 10-month-old female alpacas. Pet Palooza continues 6-8 p.m. today at the Christian Church on East Road and is free and open to the public. Courtesy photo

Scene from Pet Palooza. Courtesy photo

New Christian Church intern Josh Anderson leads Bible story time. Courtesy photo

Scene from Pet Palooza. Courtesy photo

Scene from Pet Palooza. Courtesy photo

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Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum: Darwin And Beyond

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Chick Keller

LAFASF News:

On Wednesday, June 20, Chick Keller presents the third talk in the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum summer series. The title of Keller’s talk is “Darwin and Beyond”. The theme of the 2018 Summer Series is “Purposeful Evolution”.

Our current understanding of how the Earth came to be filled with different, but apparently related, animals is that they evolved from simple organisms to the very complex ones we see today. Thus, complex life (including humans) appeared gradually through evolution. However, current theories of evolution seem to say that this process is Read More

2018 K Of C Scholarship Golf Tournament June 22

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K of C News:
 
The Knights of Columbus Scholarship Golf Tournament is set for 9 a.m., Friday, June 22, at the Los Alamos County Golf Course.
 
The funds raised from this tournament will be used to award scholarships to Los Alamos High School graduating seniors. For more than 19 years this tournament has attracted sponsors and golfers from Los Alamos and around Northern New Mexico and has awarded an estimated $145,000 in scholarship money.
 
This past year, seven LAHS students received scholarships from the Knights of Columbus by demonstrating their involvement in community
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Christian Church Hosts Pet Palooza June 12-14

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Pastor Doug Partin searches for his ark as he hopes for rain this season. Courtesy photo
 
Pet Palooza signs dot the community to entice members and non-members to attend. Courtesy photo
 
CHURCH News:
 
Pastor Steve Bublitz of the Christian Church wants you to think about the joyous greeting a dog gives you after a hard day at work or school, the unconditional love you feel and wants you to know that God loves you the same. It is that unconditional love that is a highlight of the second annual Pet Palooza, June 12-14.
 
“Having a pet allows us to fulfill that need to serve others,”
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Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum: How Life Works

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Physicist Nelson Hoffman presents a lecture during the 2017 Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum Summer Series. Courtesy photo

LAFASF News:

The theme of the 2018 Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum Summer Series is “Purposeful Evolution” and Nelson Hoffman is presenting a lecture Wednesday, June 13 on “How Life Works”.

To discuss recent ideas in evolutionary biology, we need to know a bit about how life works. This lecture will be an introduction to biology for people who don’t usually think about it. Hoffman will talk about the cell, metabolism, genetics, and reproduction. He’ll discuss amino Read More

Fr. Glenn: Better Than The Fat Of Rams

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By Rev. Glenn Jones
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
Los Alamos

Very often the Catholic Church, as well as various other Christian communities, are roundly criticized for being “behind the times” and that they need to “change their doctrine” to get more “in touch” with the current common culture. Such critics, I think, have quite a misunderstanding of what religion is.

Religion is not simply a convenient set of beliefs that fits whatever happens to be in vogue or trendy at a specific time and culture … unless one worships the culture and popularity itself. Rather, in speaking of Christianity Read More