Spirituality

Rabbi Shlachter: How Do You Spell Hanukkah (Or Chanukkah Or Chanukah Or …) And What Is It Anyway?

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This year, Hanukkah begins Sunday evening, Dec. 18 and ends Monday night, Dec. 26 Courtesy/Rabbi Jack Shlachter

By RABBI JACK SHLACHTER
Los Alamos Jewish Center

For millennia, the Jewish people have been celebrating a minor holiday which we call Hanukkah (from the Hebrew word meaning dedication) as a way to remember a historic event that occurred in Jerusalem nearly 2200 years ago. Though the Temple in Jerusalem was initially overrun and defiled by a numerically superior Greek/Syrian army following the collapse of the Alexandrian empire, a small band of rebel Jews recaptured the Temple and Read More

Retired Wildland Firefighter Donates Ambulance Blessed By Father Theophan To Ukrainian Humanitarian Effort

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Father Theophan of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church in Los Alamos blesses an ambulance donated by recently retired local wildland firefighter Brian Kliesen that will be transported to Ukraine. Courtesy/Father Theophan

The ambulance donated by recently retired local wildland firefighter Brian Kliesen and blessed by Father Theophan being prepared for transport to Ukraine. Courtesy/Father Theophan

SAINT JOB News:

Tuesday, Dec. 6, Father Theophan was at Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church, making copious amounts of Baklava for the annual fundraiser for Ukraine. While baking, the Read More

Fr. Glenn: The Quest For Truth

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Not infrequently we see politicians “eating their own” with criticism whenever one of their party members reaches out to the other side, or even to be seen with someone controversial. Case in point: Senator McCarthy (Rep.) at the recent state dinner at the White House with the controversial Hunter Biden in attendance. “Bad enough with Joe, but with Hunter, too?!!”

Well, if you’re going to have to vet every single person at every single gathering you attend, you just as well stay home. Such stories of snubbing those with whom one disagrees cannot help but remind us of the Gospel: Read More

Los Alamos Flute Choir Partners With SaxAtomics On Second Joint Christmas Concert Dec. 17 At United Church

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Los Alamos Flute Choir performs with the SaxAtomics quintet in a joint Christmas concert 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 at the United Church of Los Alamos, 2525 Canyon Road. Courtesy photo

SaxAtomics quintet performs in a joint Christmas concert with the Los Alamos Flute Choir 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 at the United Church of Los Alamos, 2525 Canyon Road. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

The Los Alamos Flute Choir and SaxAtomics present their second joint Christmas concert 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the United Church of Los Alamos, 2525 Canyon Road.

This free concert highlights the assortment of instruments Read More

Scenes From Kiwanis Club’s Breakfast With Santa 2022

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Nearly 300 children got to meet with Santa and tell him their Christmas wishes during the annual ‘Breakfast with Santa’  event Dec. 3 in the parish hall at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Courtesy/Kiwanis

Kiwanis Key Club members serving at the annual ‘Breakfast with Santa’  event Dec. 3 at IHM. Courtesy/Kiwanis

Del Norte Credit Union presents a generous donation to Kiwanis members to support the popular and jolly holiday tradition ‘Breakfast with Santa’ Dec. 3 in the parish hall at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Courtesy/Kiwanis

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos Read More

Christian Science Society Christmas Sale Underway At 800 Trinity Dr.

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Christian Science Society News: 

On a snowy winter’s night 150 years ago, a woman took a fall on an icy sidewalk in Lynn, Mass. Her condition was such that she was taken to a nearby home and a doctor called. A frail woman, she’d been an invalid off and on throughout her 45 years on earth. The doctor wasn’t hopeful about her recovery. So, this woman asked for a Bible. It was natural for her to turn to the Scriptures. Her mother had taught her when she was a child that she could look to the God who is love and the Bible for comfort and inspiration. 

The woman read an account of one of Christ Jesus’ healings and she Read More

UCLA Thrift Shop Thanks Community For Generosity

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‘Everything Christmas’ sale organizers Zena Thomas and Norma Puckett

UCLA News:

Organizers of the United Church of Los Alamos (UCLA) Thrift Shop “Everything Christmas” sale held Saturday morning thank the community for its participation.

“The sale was a high success, and all proceeds go to charities located in Northern New Mexico,” Zena Thomas and Norma Puckett said.

The Women’s Christian Service Society of the church wants the generous people and friends in Los Alamos to know that “thanks to their support many will have a better Christmas”.

Located on Canyon Road across from the Nature Center, Read More

Los Alamos Rotary Hears From Mission Possible Members

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Addie Murphy, right, U.S. Coordinator for Mission Possible, a faith-based non-profit serving Eastern Europe, explains field operations and support organizations as Mission Possible administrator Joy Ecklund joins Murphy at the podium during a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Photo by Linda Hull

By LINDA HULL
Vice President
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

“Our founder was inspired by Brother Andrew, a Dutch missionary, who smuggled Bibles into the Soviet Union, sewn in the linings of coats,” began Addie Murphy and Joy Eklund, referring to the work of Mission Possible when they Read More

Fr. Glenn: The Good Sheepdog

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

There was a heart-touching story the other day about a sheepdog who fought off a pack of coyotes to protect his flock, in the process “dispatching” eight of them. That’s a tough and dedicated dog! While his breed is mentioned in the article, he looks like a Great Pyrenees, which is a powerful breed often sought for its powerful protective instinct when protecting its charges.

Begging the question: What makes a good protector or provider? Is it not one who cares for one’s charges as one’s own, with the same care with which the owner of the flock would give?

As we progress in this Advent Read More