Spirituality

Fr. Glenn: As Gold In Fire

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Now that we’re in the latter part of November, our minds will soon be drifting to thoughts of Thanksgiving holidays and, for we Catholics and other Christians, we know that Advent and Christmas are just around the corner. Before the Church liturgical year begins anew at Advent, which usually coincides with the first weekend of December, we first end the year with its grand finale: a celebration in anticipation of the second coming of Jesus.

We Christians believe that, when Jesus does come again, or when we go to God at our deaths, judgment awaits. “Judgment” has a negative connotation Read More

All Shall Be Well: Beloved Children Of God

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

Virtually all teens (95%) in the United States ages 13 to 17 use social media, with more than 1 in 3 reporting that they use it ​“almost constantly”. Nearly 40% of kids ages 8 to 12 use social media, with extreme, inappropriate, and harmful content continuing to be easily and widely accessible. The U.S. Surgeon General’s 2023 Social Media and Youth Mental Health Advisory (https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf), states “the current body of evidence Read More

Interfaith Coalition On Homelessness Asks For Help

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COMMUNITY News:

Last summer the Interfaith Coalition on Homelessness was created with the primary goal of helping to reduce homelessness in Española.

Thus far eight congregations in Los Alamos County and one in Española are participating and more are being encouraged to join.

Coalition members are now asking for help from residents of White Rock and Los Alamos. Please join in supporting the Española Pathways Shelter as it ramps up for cold weather and resumes offering overnight stays.

Specifically, this campaign is funding new linens, shower supplies and a laundry program at the shelter. Read More

Interfaith Los Alamos Updates Coat Drive Box Locations

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Interfaith Los Alamos News:
Interfaith Los Alamos has updated the locations to drop off coats for refugees.
Drop Off Boxes are available at the following locations:  
  • Bethlehem Lutheran Church
  • Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church
  • White Rock Methodist Church
  • White Rock Presbyterian Church
  • Crossroads Bible Church
  • Unitarian Church of Los Alamos
Gift cards can be dropped off to the church office in each church.
After World War II, many countries — including the United States — participated in agreements to offer asylum to people – such as the Jews in Europe who had six million
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Fr. Glenn: Vets And Elects

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Kind of a banner week for the nation’s military this week, and over the last month or so. The Navy birthday was October 13, and the Marine Corps birthday is November 10. And, of course, Veterans Day is November 11—not because of these birthdays, but because, as Winston Churchill noted, it was on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month that the armistice was signed effectively ending World War I—a war with a toll of 15-22 million deaths and 23 million wounded. So tragically, the war which would take an even great many more lives would begin only about twenty years Read More

Pastor Deborah Beloved Church Delivers Final Sermon

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Pastor Deborah Beloved Church, center, with her team on her last day at White Rock Presbyterian Church, from left, Joyce Haven, Rod McCabe, Jennifer Holmes, Church, Jean Callaghan, Bob Reinovsky and Selma Reinovsky. Courtesy photo

Pastor Nicole’ Raddu Ferry, right, of Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Pastor Deborah Beloved Church on her last day at White Rock Presbyterian Church. Courtesy photo

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

Once a pastor, always a pastor. Way back in July, the Reverend Deborah Beloved Church announced her plan to retire from the White Rock Presbyterian Church. She Read More

All Shall Be Well: What Happens Next?

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

By The Rev. Mary Ann Hill
Rector
Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church

We are just a few days post- election and under three weeks away from Thanksgiving. How are you doing?

One of the things that has been most distressing to me recently is the breakdown I’ve heard about in so many relationships. Friends find themselves avoiding one another. Many family members are estranged, perhaps permanently. That is Read More

Fr. Glenn: Pondering Love

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Periodically I pick up a little book by Peter Kreeft, a Catholic philosopher, entitled “Before I Go”, a collection of his musings about life and spirit that he wants to leave his children before he passes to the beyond. Unsurprisingly, a number of his short chapters focus on love, kindness, finding peace, and various virtues. Definitely worth the read.

In perusing a few chapters the other evening centering upon love, I found myself reflecting on the “why” of love. Why do we love. What do we want from it? Why do we do it? Why is it so visceral and seemingly ingrained into our very being? Read More