Spirituality

Posts From The Road: Chapel Of The Holy Cross – Sedona

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Exterior: The Chapel of the Holy Cross is one of the most recognizable and popular landmarks in Sedona, Ariz. The chapel is built into red rock buttes and is anchored by a 90 foot tall cross with a backdrop of a red sandstone cliff. This exterior view shows the front of the building as it faces toward the southwest. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Walkway: A long curved walkway leads visitors from street level up the hillside to the entrance doors to the chapel which face the red sandstone cliff and boulders. The facility also has drivers in golf carts which can assist visitors up the hill. Photo Read More

All Shall Be Well: ‘I Could Be Wrong…’

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Clergy from left, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Rector, Trinity on the Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Rev. Deb Beloved Church
White Rock Presbyterian Church

As an Edgar Abbey character famously said, “I thought I was wrong once, but I found out later I was mistaken.”

So it’s not just me who thinks so highly of themselves! Me? Wrong about something? Nah! My opinions are so well-thought-out; my perspectives, so sincere! My thinking is so thoughtful; my analyses, so all-encompassing! Read More

Funeral Service For Joe Fritz Saturday At United Church

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Joseph Newton Fritz Dec. 27, 1931 – Jan. 27, 2024

COMMUNITY News:

The community is invited to attend the funeral service for Joseph Newton Fritz at 10 a.m. Saturday, June, 22, 2024 at the United Church of Los Alamos, at 2525 Canyon Road.

Fritz died Jan. 27, 2024 at the age of 92 due to complications from a fall he suffered in his long-time home in Los Alamos.

Fritz was born in the small coal mining community of Klein, Mont., Dec. 27, 1931, to Joe Fritz and Justina Fritz (née Stefanik). Early on, he displayed high aptitude for academic pursuits, of which his father, who had no access to education, was extremely Read More

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2024 Summer Lecture Series Presents Talk By Dr. Steven Collins June 25 At SALA

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LAFSF News:

Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2024 Summer Lecture Series presents “An abundance of archaeological and historical evidence links the Exodus events to the collapse of Egypt’s mighty 18th Dynasty” by Dr. Steven Collins, Tuesday June 25, 2024.

The lecture is open to the public and begins with a light meal served at 6 p.m. followed by the lecture at 6:30 p.m. at SALA Event Center.

About the lecture:

The dating of the Israelite Exodus from Egypt has always seemed difficult, as attested by the fact that the range of proposed timeframes for this important event spans two centuries Read More

Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary Says Thank You!

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Newly ordained Fr. Jacob Romero with his parents and members of Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary of Los Alamos. The Ladies Auxiliary was able to present Fr. Romero with a check to purchase a set of priestly vestments. Courtesy/ Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Scene from the May 11 Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary 2024 Spring Arts and Crafts Fair. Courtesy/Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary News:

Sacred Heart Ladies Auxiliary of Los Alamos would like to sincerely thank everyone who made their 2024 Spring Arts and Crafts Fair a resounding success. A big thank you to all the vendors Read More

Fr. Glenn: The Gift Of Fatherhood

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, it’s mid-June, so it must be Fathers’ Day! A most happy and blessed Dads’ day to all your fathers out there, for being a father is honor, responsibility and privilege—indeed, very likely a man’s greatest responsibility when he has children. So cherish the gift that fatherhood is! … knowing that your love and care for your children is to reflect the love and care of God the Eternal Father for all.

For if a man fails to protect and provide for his little ones (other than in circumstances beyond his control—illness and the like), many will think him not much of a man at all Read More

All Shall Be Well: Where Are You?

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Clergy from left, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill, Rector, Trinity on the Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Associate Priest Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Pastor Lynn Finnagan 
Associate Priest
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith
Santa Fe

“Where are you?” I ask this question several times a day, every day. Unfortunately, the question is always directed toward an inanimate object such as my cell phone or my sunglasses! In the creation mythology found in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, God asks the same question of humanity: Read More

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2024 Summer Lecture Series Presents ‘Antisemitism And Anti-Science: A Deadly Overlap And The Case Of The Missing Hyphen’

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Rabbi Jack Shlachter

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum News:

Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2024 Summer Lecture Series will presents “Antisemitism And Anti-Science: A Deadly Overlap and the Case of the Missing Hyphen” by Rabbi Jack Shlachter Tuesday June 18 at SALA Event Center. A light meal will be served at 6 p.m. with the lecture to follow beginning at 6:30 p.m.

If there is any town in which anti-science is anathema, it is Los Alamos. Anti-science involves the “rejection of mainstream scientific views and methods or their replacement with unproven or deliberately misleading theories, Read More

Charcuterie Box Friday Night Fundraiser For House Of Hope

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Scene from the most recent House of Hope building trip to Mexico in February 2024, with Kimberly Selvage and little Emiliano, whose new home is being painted purple. Courtesy photo

TOTH News:

For many years Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church (TOTH) and numerous other churches have taken part in home building mission trips to the north colonias of Juarez, Mexico. The trip is the culmination of a year-long fundraising effort, and brings the light of Christ to a family in the form of a simple, but well-constructed house. Additionally, the small rural community is provided with an afternoon of children’s Read More

Los Alamos Unitarian Congregation Says Farewell To Rev. John Cullinan

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Rev. John Cullinan. Photo by Thomas Graves

Unitarian Church of Los Alamos News:

In the spring of 2007, the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos invited a minister fresh out of seminary to take its pulpit. This summer, 17 years later, a bittersweet parting is at hand, as Rev. John Cullinan departs for Reading, Penn., to become the minister of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County. His last day in the Los Alamos pulpit will be June 16; Rev. Tina DeYoe, the church’s current Director of Lifespan Religious Education, will assume the pulpit in August for at least two years as minister pro tem. Read More