Spirituality

All Shall Be Well: Standing Up For The Gospel

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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

In the Gospel according to Luke, Jesus is invited to teach in his home synagogue gathering in Nazareth.

He opened the scroll, and read from the book of the prophet, Isaiah:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
  because he has anointed me
   to bring good news to the poor.
 He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
  and recovery of sight to the blind,
   to let the oppressed go free, Read More

Fr. Theophan: As A Priest I Never Get To Finish Anything

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Saint Michael icon half done. By Fr. Theophan

 

By Fr. Theophan
Rector
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church

As a priest, I hardly ever get to finish a project in the course of my vocation. The services are cyclical, daily, weekly, yearly, everything repeats. There are differences, special days and weeks with special significance, but once a service is done, you start looking forward to the next one. Eternal worship, one might call it.

And you never finish people. Whether they have been faithful members their whole life, or they wander in seeking something and decide to stay and become Orthodox,

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Fr. Glenn: Ready Or Not…

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, a rather historic day for America on Monday—the inauguration of President Trump for the second time for a discontinuous second term—an event only matched once before with Grover Cleveland in the latter 1800s. Love him or hate him, I think just about everyone realizes that it’s going to be quite the change.

As we well know and experience, the political pendulum swings back and forth—one you win, another you lose. Nonetheless, Christians most of all should pray for wisdom, grace and sincerity of intent upon all who are in office to bring about a greater good, whether at the Read More

All Shall Be Well: Reading The Bible

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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

As of November 2024, the Bible, originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, has been translated into 756 languages. If you include translations of only a portion of the Old and New Testaments, that number rises to 3,756. With over five billion copies sold, it is the most popular book in the world.

How, though, do we go about reading it? Replete with Read More

St. Job Raises $3,500 For Hurricane Relief

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St. Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church raises $3,500 through its December baklava sales for the victims of hurricanes in North Carolina and Florida. Photo by Fr. Theophan

By Fr. Theophan
St. Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church

It is not often that I get to write out big checks and send them off, other than to our insurance company or to pay the utilities which really don’t bring me much joy. So today was a good day. I printed off checks totaling $3,500 to two parishes in North Carolina and Florida to help those who were affected by the hurricanes last year. It is easy to forget that people are still recovering when Read More

Fr. Glenn: Reminders

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

As of this writing the California fires are still raging through the Los Angeles and surrounding areas—such a tragedy, as is the flooding a few months ago in North Carolina and other natural and man-made disasters throughout our nation and the world.

Certainly Los Alamosians—especially longer-term residents—can empathize with those suffering now in California, as well as can many here in New Mexico. Dante-esque scenes of the fires of not long ago around Los Alamos are common in photos of the time, as are those from other fires in the Jemez Mountains, around Ruidoso, Cimmaron Read More

All Shall Be Well: Dignity And Worthiness

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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. Mary Ann Hill
Rector
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church

“Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?” “I will, with God’s help.”

This is one of the promises those being baptized make in the Episcopal church, and it’s by far the one that most people claim as their favorite. This Sunday, for many of us, the story of Christ’s own baptism will be our theme, and in my church Read More

Unitarian Church To Host Sunday Forum On ‘Egyptian Society, Ancient And Current’ 11:45 AM Jan. 12

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Unitarian Church News:

The public is invited to attend the Sunday Forum on “Egyptian Society, Ancient and Current” 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 12 at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos at 1738 North Sage St.

For 3,000 years a strong Egyptian society thrived along the Nile Valley, then it was supplanted by the Greeks and Romans. Following a recent trip and subsequent study, Dean Carstens will talk about various aspects of Egyptian society, including:

          • Religious beliefs, ancient and current;
          • Reasons for the long duration of Egyptian society;
          • Accomplishments;
          • Ancient engineering and science;
          • Women
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Fr. Glenn: I Resolve…

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

You may have seen in the Santa Fe New Mexican on Jan. 4 a story about the possibility of a nun with local connections being considered for a declaration of sainthood. Sister Blandina Segale, a Sister of Charity, worked in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and the surrounding area in the latter 1800s through the early 1900s, establishing hospitals and schools and caring for many. The cause for her to be declared a saint is progressing, though it has quite a journey yet.

When hearing about the process of a person being declared a saint, sometimes we hear people speaking of the Church “making him/her Read More

All Shall Be Well: Be Not Afraid, Dear Child Of God

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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 Biddlecomb, M.Div.
ELCA

The beginning of each new year typically provides a clean slate, a chance to reform unhealthy habits, a feeling of hope for our communal future. But this New Years Day opened with news of a terror attack. What can this mean for our nascent year 2025? 

Our first reaction was likely one of horror. The intentionality of mowing down people horrifies us. Compounding our horror is having our fresh Read More