Spirituality

Emra Farkas To Present Lecture On ‘Finding Where God Is Seen And Felt – What’s Church Got To Do With It?’ Sept. 23

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First Church of Christ, Scientist, Santa Fe News:

Emra Farkas will be giving a lecture, Finding where God is seen and felt – what’s church got to do with it?, 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Meem Auditorium on Museum Hill, 708 Camino Lejo in Santa Fe.

The lecture is free and is sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Santa Fe. Farkas is a Christian Science practitioner, teacher and member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship from Santa Fe.

Her talk has to do with how a paradigm shift in thought reveals “God’s goodness for ourselves and those around us”.

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Fr. Glenn: Tempted With Jeremiah

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

One thing that thwarts people from coming to faith is the perennial question: “Why do bad things happen to good people? If God loves those who are faithful to Him, why is that?”

It’s a question with no easy answer, though we know that hardships, difficulty and misfortune DO occur to just about everyone—those with faith, or not. The Biblical book of Job’s whole theme is that evil can strike even the best person. Jesus affirms this: “… those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?  Read More

Children Of Saint Job Give Blankets To Sombrillo Residents

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Children of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Christian Church crocheted and assembled blankets for the residents of Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Courtesy/Fr. Theophan

Children of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Christian Church hand out blankets to the residents of Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Courtesy/Fr. Theophan

By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos

For the past few weeks, the children of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Christian Church have been putting their faith into practice. During Sunday School, moved to Wednesday evenings Read More

Fr. Glenn: Royal Virtue

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Anyone of merit wants their children to grow up to be good and virtuous persons—intelligent without arrogance, strong but gracious and kind, beautiful without vanity, courageous to do what’s right, charitable to those in need, thoughtful, etc. Most parents, remembering their own faults and failures, weaknesses and regrets, long for their children to be improved (sometimes much improved) versions of themselves or of family members/mentors whom they themselves admire.

This is why many Christians celebrate various saints throughout the year: to provide examples not Read More

All Shall Be Well: There’s No Magic In Church … But It’s A Place To Start

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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 Rev. Deb Beloved Church
White Rock Presbyterian Church

In a recent column [Aug. 13, 2023], my colleague, friend, and sister in faith, Mother Lynn Finnegan, encouraged us to “examine our faith ‘comfort zones’” and, for those not currently part of a church, to consider giving it a try! And she offered a prayer that whatever church you enter might be “a source of healing and hope.”

I echo all of that! Church can absolutely be a source of healing and hope–healing Read More

Fr. Theophan: Centering

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Pottery. Courtesy/Fr. Theophan

By Fr. Theophan Mackey
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos

Over the past few weeks, I have been showing some people how to throw pottery, to form it on the pottery wheel. It is an ancient process, made much easier by electric motors and premixed, homogenized clay.

The hardest thing for beginners to get is centering the clay, getting the clay perfectly balanced in the middle of the spinning wheel. It takes experience and feel for pressing in on the clay while also pressing down, so that the clay has no other place to go than into the center of the wheel head. Read More

Fuselier: Marlon’s Road To Emmaus

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By BOB FUSELIER
Los Alamos

Editor’s note: This is the third of a three-part series about the NPH’s work in Latin America. Please see previous part one here and part two here.

Marlon’s Emmaus moment came somewhere during his early 30’s. Before that, he had experienced the love of his two parents early in his life, enough to give him the confidence needed to survive living on the streets of Tegucigalpa as a young teenager. He had also felt a tremendous sense of abandonment as a young child when his mother died and as a young teenager when his father told him that he could no longer support him. On the streets, Read More