Spirituality

Today Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023

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Today is the internationally recognized date for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Courtesy/arapahoelibraries.org

From The White House:

Today, April 18, marks Holocaust Remembrance Day.

President Joe Biden issued the following proclamation:

Days Of Remembrance Of Victims Of The Holocaust, 2023

During Yom HaShoah and throughout these days of remembrance, we mourn the six million Jews who were murdered during the horror of the Holocaust — as well as the millions of Roma and Sinti, Slavs, disabled persons, LGBTQI+ individuals, and political dissidents who were murdered at the hands of the Read More

Fr. Glenn: If The World Hates You …

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Man … sometimes the world seems so topsy-turvy and filled with strife, bitterness and hatred. Strife in the streets, strife in halls of government, beaucoup strife in social media, and even (age-old) strife between—and even within—religions. As mentioned here before, the strongest argument against Christianity is often Christians themselves, or rather Christians acting far afield from the teachings of Jesus … not to mention the seemingly infinite number of denominations, all teaching different variations. Yet, it seems that other religions have this same type of Read More

Fr. Glenn: ‘We Have No King But Caesar’

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, we come to Easter this weekend (April 9)—THE biggest and most important celebration of the Christian faith and year. Those looking in from outside may think that Christmas is Christianity’s biggest celebration because of all the decoration, well-known songs, gift-giving, etc., and certainly the event that Christmas commemorates—the birth of Jesus—is an essential preliminary, but the whole and purpose of Jesus’ life leads to His resurrection on Easter morn and the affirmation of the eternal life that God has prepared for humanity.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah; you dreamer Read More

All Shall Be Well: A Day Of Resurrection

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

By DEACON CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB
AKA Cinema Cindy
ELCA

Easter/Pascha: it is a Sunday and a season of the year, when new life and freedom are preached and possibilities are endless. For the Christian, the resurrection of a man named Yeshua/Jesus, after a torturous death by crucifixion 2,000 years ago, is the centerpiece of our faith. More important to us than the day of his birth, celebrated as Christmas (Christ-Mass) each year, is the morning when Jesus Read More

Scenes From 2023 Easter Egg Hunt At Ashley Pond Park

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…and they are off! Children scramble to collect Easter eggs during the celebration sponsored this morning by the Elks, Freedom Church Los Alamos and LAFD at Ashley Pond Park. The event featured 20,000 eggs, games, bouncy houses provided by Party To Go! and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

The Stoneham family, which includes Gregg, his wife Lindsay and their children Colette, left, and Larkin, take a picture with the Easter Bunny during today’s event. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Natalia Arredondo competes in a bean bag toss hosted Read More

Freedom Church Los Alamos Invites Community To Join In 20,000 Egg Hunt Saturday And Easter Service Sunday

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Pastor Mike Brake, center, invites the community to attend Easter Service at 11 a.m. April 9 at Aspen Elementary and livestreamed here. Courtesy/Freedom Church

Freedom Church Los Alamos News:

The community is invited to celebrate Easter Sunday, April 9 at Aspen Elementary with Freedom Church in Los Alamos. 

“We’re absolutely thrilled to be able to celebrate Easter with a jam-packed weekend of events,” Pastor Mike Brake said.

Saturday the fun kicks off at 10 a.m. at Ashley Pond with giant inflatables, games, prizes, a raffle, wildfire day, and beginning at 11 a.m. a 20,000 Easter egg hunt!

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An Open Book: Passover, Glazed Donuts, And Graduate School

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By DAVID IZRAELEVITZ
Los Alamos

Passover, glazed donuts, and graduate school do not mix well. This is a fact that I encountered, for five consecutive years, while laboring on my doctoral degree. Full appreciation of this physical law requires some background, so please bear with me for a paragraph or two.

Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is the Jewish week-long holiday celebrating the Biblical Exodus of the Jews from Egypt. There is a ceremonial dinner, called the Passover Seder, that begins the holiday week and introduces the observance of the ritual laws surrounding this holiday, and central Read More

Easter Sunrise Service For Community At Ashley Pond!

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COMMUNITY News:

The community is invited to attend the annual Easter Sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 9 on the west side of Ashley Pond (near the Justice Center). 

The service will be led by ministers and leaders from the Christian Church, First United Methodist Church of Los Alamos, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church and The United Church. 

“The weather should be good for this celebration of the Resurrection! Happy Easter!” –Senior Pastor  David Elton of The United Church Read More

Week-long Jewish Holiday Of Passover Begins Tonight

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The week-long Jewish holiday of Passover begins this evening, April 5. During the holiday, Jews eat matzah instead of bread, and eschew eating leavened food products of any kind. Traditionally, Jews avoid owning or deriving benefit from leavened products during this time. One way to do this is to sell these items to a non-Jew for the duration of the Passover holiday. Shown here, Joel Kress purchases all leavened food with a down payment of $1 from Rabbi Jack Shlachter; the rabbi is serving as the agent for several Jewish community members in town. The sale of these items took place with a written Read More

New Mexico Unemployment Insurance Operations Center Closed For Good Friday Seasonal Observance April 7

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NMDWS News:

ALBUQUERQUE — All New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions’ (NMDWS) offices, including the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Operations Center, will be closing at noon April 7, for Good Friday seasonal observance. The department urges claimants to plan accordingly.

The Unemployment Insurance Tax & Claims Online System (www.jobs.state.nm.us) is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Customer Service Agents in the Unemployment Insurance Operations Center will be available when business hours resume at 7 a.m. Monday, April 10.

Regular business hours of the Unemployment Read More