Spirituality

Fr. Glenn: Goal!

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

(Sigh). Trouble again in Israel—always quite worrisome. Back and forth will weapons be lobbed to the inevitable destruction and death of many. Often smaller conflicts blaze up into much larger conflagrations; let us pray that that doesn’t occur. For instance, who would have thought at that time that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist would have been the spark to set all Europe ablaze as World War I?

Now, this Monday (October 9) is Columbus Day—celebrated by many as the discovery and beginning of the settlement of the New Word, and disdained by Read More

Calvary Chapel Hosts ‘Fall Festivals Of Judaism’ Oct. 15

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CALVERY CHAPEL News:

Calvary Chapel of Los Alamos invites the community to a special event they are having with an organization called Chosen People Ministries. Representative Cathy Wilson of Chosen People Ministries will explain the Fall Festivals of Judaism and how they relate to the person of Jesus.

Wilson will be speaking at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15 at Calvary Chapel, 580 North Mesa Road. There is no cost and no offering will be taken. All are welcome.

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All Shall Be Well: Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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Clergy from left, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired; Pastor Nicolé Ferry, Associate Rector Lynn Finnegan and Pastor Deb Church. Courtesy photo

By Reverend Lynn Finnegan
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith
Santa Fe

In one of the most famous “about-faces” of all times, the apostle Paul, who ruthlessly persecuted and murdered Christians, received a severe wakeup call from God. Convinced of the error of his ways, he then set as his life’s mission the proclamation – in word AND actions – of the love of God in the death and resurrection of Christ. He was largely responsible for the tremendous growth Read More

Peter Mulvey In Concert Oct. 14 At Unitarian Church

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Singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey performs solo concert Oct. 14 at Unitarian Church. Courtesy/UULA

UULA News:

Singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey returns to Los Alamos for a solo concert at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos (UULA).

The community is invited to join UULA at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14 for an evening of great music. The cost is $20 at the door.

Mulvey has been a songwriter, road-dog, raconteur and almost-poet since before he can remember. Raised working-class Catholic on the Northwest side of Milwaukee, he took a semester in Ireland, and immediately began cutting classes to busk on Grafton Read More

Fr. Glenn: My Frailties Remember Not

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Do you ever lay in bed—not ready to rise, but just kind of snoozing til the rude ol’ alarm (curséd may it be) goes off. In-between awake and asleep, the thoughts just wandering—ideas, past events, deeds done well … and those not so well. Some people claim that they have no regrets; well, lucky you. I know that I have plenty—duties neglected, people treated badly, (fill in your own blank here). Yes, one muses on joys and successes, but also surfacing are memories of times that I did not behave quite as well as I should have and, worse, as I knew I should have. It’d be difficult to believe Read More

Come Dance With The Torah Scrolls!

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Rabbi Jack Shlachter holding a Torah at the Los Alamos Jewish Center. Courtesy/Los Alamos Jewish Center

By Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos Jewish Center

The Los Alamos Jewish Center will be observing the holiday of Simchat Torah (literally Rejoicing in the Teaching) at 6 p.m. Saturday evening, Oct. 7 and all are welcome to join in the festivities.

This holiday, which marks the close of a multi-week Jewish holiday season, celebrates the annual completion of a reading cycle beginning with Genesis 1:1 and ending with Deuteronomy 34:12.

Los Alamos Jewish Center will be listening to the last few Read More

White Rock Presbyterian Church Parking Lot Sale Raises $1,500 For Navajo Partnership Projects

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Scene from recent White Rock Presbyterian Church parking lot sale. Courtesy/WRPC

WRPC News:

Reverend Deb Beloved Church was “pogo-jumping for joy” at the outpouring of community support for White Rock Presbyterian Church’s (WRPC) Saturday morning parking lot sale fundraiser, which raised over $1,500 for two Navajo partnership projects.

The money raised will be split between Nihitaa’ Binaanish (https://www.binaanish.org/about-us.html), a mentoring and self-help nonprofit working out of Bread Springs, NM, and Chinle Planting Hope (https://www.chinleplantinghope.com), a Diné-led Read More

United Church Thrift Shop Hosts Halloween Sale Sept. 30

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Autumn flowers at The United Church greet shoppers on the way to Graves Hall for this Saturday’s Halloween Sale. Courtesy/UCLA

United Church News:

Saturday, Sept. 30 all-things autumn and Halloween will fill Graves Hall at the United Church, 2525 Canyon Road, for the annual Halloween re-sale. This is the place to get a thrifty head-start on costumes, decorations, clothes, books and miscellaneous goods for the autumn holidays.

Parking is by the Thrift Shop across the street from the Nature Center. Find the big Halloween Sale by following the signs to Graves Hall up the elevator in the Christian Read More

McCurdy Ministries Hires New Executive Director

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New McCurdy Ministries Rev. Tiffany Hollums

McCurdy Ministries News:

McCurdy Ministries Community Center on Sept. 11 welcomed Rev. Tiffany Hollums as their new Executive Director.

Rev. Tiffany Hollums is an ordained United Methodist Deacon in the New Mexico Annual Conference.

“I always had a special calling in my heart to children, youth, and communities in need, which is why I chose to seek ordination as a deacon,” Rev. Hollums said.

Rev. Hollums grew up in Lovingto, and sensed the call to ministry as a teenager. She first learned of McCurdy Ministries as a young girl when she would eavesdrop Read More

Fr. Glenn: Looking For Work

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

I was watching a police show the other day in which robbers were targeting persons over 60 years old. The police commander’s urgent order was: “We have to find these punks before they prey on more of the elderly!”

Dang—so I’ve hit the “elderly” category?! Sure doesn’t feel like it … other than creaky joints, and worsening eyesight and hearing, and memory, and …). Next thing you know I’ll be getting “senior discounts”! Oh, wait! … I already get those.

Yes, time inexorably sneaks up on us. No matter how many times our elders warned us of how time flies, we don’t believe it ‘til we “get Read More