Spirituality

Pastor Granillo: Our Problem With Evil

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Our Problem with Evil.

There is a certain serenity that comes to me only when I am mowing the lawn. This week, as I was doing just that, my son was outside playing with the bubble machine. He was using a plastic toy as a sword to slice the bubbles as they came out. (Kyle really wants to be a Jedi!)

Fresh smell of cut grass, shining sunshine, bubbles floating through the air, laughing little boy; ah, summer life!

And then I noticed my daughter standing there behind my son. She was grasping her forehead and crying so I stopped the mower to ask what had happened. My son was already

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Faith & Science Summer Series: ‘What Makes Us Human?’ Begins June 1

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LAF&SF News:

The Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum is pleased to announce our thirdsummer series starting Wednesday, June 1, continuing on the topic “What Makes Us Human?”

Members of the forum will lead the discussion each week in June and July. On July 13-14, Justin Barrett of the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology will visit and give two keynote lectures and have a chance to meet with members of the community. Our hope is that these lectures and discussions will be interesting and accessible to all members of the community interested in faith and science, no matter what religion or scientific Read More

Prosopon School Of Iconology Icon Painting Workshop In Byzantine-Russian Tradition June 13-18

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ART News:

The Prosopon School of Iconology Icon Painting Workshop in the Byzantine-Russian Tradition is June 13-18 at St. Anne Church in Santa Fe. The workshop is hosted by St. Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church.

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This expanded course offering involves the study of the ancient floating technique of icon painting in the Byzantine Russian tradition, which reached its height in the XV-XVI centuries. Students will study the many-stepped method of layering egg tempera under the instruction of a teacher from the Prosopon School of Iconology. Gesso application, gilding Read More

Pastor Granillo: The Bride Of Christ

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

The Bride of Christ.

The prophet Hosea had a unique situation; God commanded him to marry a woman who would be unfaithful to him. Hosea’s wife, Gomer, constantly left him in order to prostitute herself out to others; sometimes bearing their children. She showed no remorse for her actions, but Hosea persisted in trying to win her back.

In spite of humiliating circumstances, Hosea was faithful to his wife and tried to get her to be faithful to him as well. At one point, Hosea actually bought back his wife from another man that she has left him for.

Today, as probably happened

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