Spirituality

All Shall Be Well: Reconciliation Frees Us

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Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Deacon Cynthia Z. Biddlecomb,
M.Div. (ELCA)

Perhaps the best example of forgiveness and reconciliation is Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son, found in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15. After squandering his inheritance on dissolute living, the renegade son finds himself impoverished and starving. Distraught, he decides he must humble himself and return to his father; he realizes that he would have food to eat as even a lowly servant Read More

Thirteen Congregations Tackle Homelessness, With Hope & Audacity

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By TYLER TAYLOR
Interfaith Coalition on Homelessness

Last June, dreamers from four Los Alamos houses of worship asked ourselves, “If we could interest 10 or more congregations and thought big, could we collectively actually help to reduce the very high levels of homelessness in Española, a community of neighbors only 15 miles away? As outsiders, with limited knowledge, who would we first need to learn from? Are there affective groups in the Valley we could partner with? Would they accept us?”

Now, after nine months, a groundswell of enthusiasm and hope has developed.

As a result:

  • Thirteen congregations,
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Posts From The Road: Mission San Luis Rey

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Mission San Luis Rey: The front exterior of Mission San Luis Rey in Oceanside, Calif. is beautiful upon arriving. The white exterior is impressive with the aqua domes on the roof with a portal that leads away from the entrance doors to the left in the photo. The wall to the right encircles the original cemetery, which has been on site since the mission was founded in 1798. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Mission Exterior: A view of the exterior of San Luis Rey shows the front of the mission from another angle. The long portal leads one into the entrance of the mission. Also seen is a small sampling Read More

Fr. Glenn: Making Our Bones

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Please … just leave my old bones alone.

I was watching a BBC Timestamp Youtube video the other day in which they were excavating a medieval church in England, uncovering the skeleton of someone who had a chalice buried with him—apparently a priest. Poor guy; he probably thought he’d be undisturbed until the general resurrection that Christians anticipate. Nope.

It’s odd that while people are incensed if it’s requested that the body of a relative be exhumed, yet we dig up long-dead bodies almost without qualm. Certainly we understand the fascination of how people lived in the Read More

All Shall Be Well: Return To Me

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Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Deacon Amy Schmuck
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. Joel 2:12-13 (NIV)

This article marks the third Sunday of the Christian season of Lent, Read More

Fr. Glenn: Promises Made, Promises Kept

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

New York bishop Fulton Sheen had a very popular television show back in the 1950s called “Life is Worth Living”, in which he expounded on the Christian—more specifically, the Catholic—faith. One of his more famous phrases was “There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.” Unfortunately, with the increased secularization of society and the embracing of some values which are opposed—sometimes diametrically—to Christian beliefs, both of those number Read More

All Shall Be Well: You Are NOT Alone

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Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By The Rev. Lynn M. Finnegan
Associate Rector
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith

In the documentary series, Alone, ten individuals are taken to a remote wilderness and challenged to survive as long as possible using a limited amount of survival equipment.

With the exception of medical check-ins, the participants are isolated from each other and all other humans. The audience follows their wilderness outing via self-produced Read More

Santa Fe Pro Musica To Present Baroque Holy Week Concerts In April

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Volin and leader Stephen Redfield will perform Heinrich Biber’s Rosary Sonata XV, ‘The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary’ April 12-13 in Santa Fe. Coutesy/SFPM

Santa Fe Pro Musica News:

This April, the Santa Fe Pro Musica Baroque Ensemble—the Southwest’s premiere historical instruments ensemble—will present a reverent Holy Week program commemorating the Virgin Mary.

This concert features Baroque flutist Kim Pineda in Vivaldi’s “La Notte” Concerto, violin and leader Stephen Redfield in Heinrich Biber’s Rosary Sonata XV, “The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary,” and vocalists Read More