Spirituality

Joe Jencks In Concert Sunday At Unitarian Church

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CONCERT News:

International touring musician and songwriter Joe Jencks returns to Los Alamos for a concert at the Unitarian Church at 4p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Tickets are $20 in advance and at the door. Advance tickets are available at https://tinyurl.com/jj-012824

Jencks will also lead the morning service at the Unitarian Church at 10:30 a.m., with spoken word and musical reflections on making a pragmatic commitment to personal and communal growth, informed by the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jencks sings with a lyric baritone voice that has the edgy richness of a good sea-salt caramel. Read More

Kyrala: Response To ‘Appeal For Legitimate Art In Art Tunnel’

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By GEORGE KYRALA 
Los Alamos

I am very upset by Rabbi Shlachter’s mail to the Los Alamos Daily Post (link), it is reprehensible and hurts many feelings beyond misstating some facts.

The comment and feeling expressed by a Rabbi “to erase expressions from some people’s comments and aspirations on the underpass tunnel” is racist. Erasing people and their feeling just because you feel “repugnant” to an idea that expresses freedom for an abused nation is so undemocratic, uncivilized, unbecoming, and inhumane. That feeling may reflect, and may explain, the total abuse that is been inflicted on Read More

Scene Of Great Blessing Of Water 2024 At Ashley Pond

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Rev. Theophan Mackey of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church in Los Alamos with members and guests today celebrates the annual Great Blessing of Water 2024 at Ashley Pond. The group commemorates this blessing, and calls down blessings anew, when they submerge a cross in the water three times while singing the Troparion (prayer) of Theophany. ‘When Thou, O Lord, wast baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest! For the voice of the Father bore witness to Thee, calling Thee his Beloved Son. And the Spirit, in the form of a dove, confirmed the truthfulness of his Word. O Christ Read More

Fr. Glenn: Stopping Pretending

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Alas … hardly a week … a day … goes by without a news story of some public scandal—this or that person betraying public trust or private vows. Very often it’s politicians who are, as a character in “The Hunt for Red October” put it, kissing babies in public and stealing their lollipops in private—the hypocritical face, sometimes criminally so. Rich and famous shattering wedding vows is so common that it’s not even a shocker anymore—more like a tally count. But some of the most painful for we Christians is when other “Christians” are caught embezzling, lying grievously, or disregarding Read More

All Shall Be Well: What Makes Us Human?

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

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

Anthropologically speaking, the essentials that make us human include bipedalism, language, the tool-making, self-awareness, and the ability to imagine alternative futures. While other species possess some of these traits, it is the combination that makes us uniquely human.

Several years ago, a documentary was produced Read More

Coming Together In Order To Separate: Los Alamos Jewish Center To Mark End Of Sabbath With Separation Ceremony, Potluck And Short Stories

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Jewish Center congregants hold the braided candle, the Havdalah spice box, and the cup of wine as Rabbi Jack Shlachter leads the congregation in the blessings bidding farewell to the Sabbath at a previous Havdalah gathering. Courtesy/Los Alamos Jewish Center

By Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos Jewish Center

The Los Alamos Jewish Center invites the community to a program of Jewish short stories this Saturday night, Jan 20, at the Jewish Center, 2400 Canyon Road. The program is part of a series of Saturday evening gatherings at the Center to mark the close of the Sabbath.

The Jewish Sabbath is observed

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Father John Dear To Preach At First Presbyterian Feb. 4

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Father John Dear

First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe News:

Father John Dear will be preaching at the 10 a.m. worship service Feb. 4 at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe.

The service is followed by a community lunch.

At 1 p.m., Father Dear will hold a community-wide conversation on “living peacefully and non-violently in our world,” as well as speak about his newest book The Gospel of Peace.

These events are free and open to the public.

 

The Gospel of Peace book cover. Courtesy image Read More

Fr. Glenn: Letting It Heal

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

This weekend we celebrate one of the great leaders of our nation: Martin Luther King, Jr.—one of the greatest orators and leaders of justice this nation has had in modern times.

But why was he so effective? Well, for one thing, he had truth on his side: no person should be treated as a lesser being, especially not for superficial things of birth circumstances, skin color, height, etc., which are beyond anyone’s control. If we do dare judge another, should it not be as MLK expressed—by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin … and we might add height, beauty Read More

All Shall Be Well: Home By Another Way

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Clergy from left, Pastor Mary Ann Hill, Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Assistant Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb
ELCA

What might this new year bring? Resolution makers/breakers see great potential and myriad possibilities. Others are already fearing what November will mean for our national life together. For church folks, a new year begins with the season of Epiphany, when we celebrate the arrival of Christ, the Light of the World.

Looking back about 2,028 years ago, the Epiphany Read More

Fr. Glenn: Finding Wisdom

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Today we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord—of the “We Three Kings of Orient Are” Christmastime hymn. But, if you read the account in St. Matthew’s Gospel (chapter 2), you’ll discover that they were not described as kings, but simply “wise men”, or “magi”, from the Greek magoi. They probably got the “king” designation due to the pricey gifts they brought—gold, frankincense and myrrh—to honor the “newborn king of the Jews,” whom they sought.

But apparently before the magi came, St. Luke records (Luke 2:8-20) that an angel host appeared to the Jewish shepherds in the field the Read More