Spirituality

Local Businesses, Organizations And Individuals Make New Trailer Possible For American Heritage Girls And Trail Life Troop NM1412

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Ryan Wolking and the folks at American Heritage Girls and Trail Life Troop NM1412 wish to extend their heartfelt gratitude to the following sponsors for making their new Troop Trailer possible: Los Alamos Children’s Dentistry, Los Alamos Daily Post, Joshua and Heather Muck, Ruby K’s Bagel Cafe, Karen Easton of Century Bank, Victor’s Landscaping, Republican Party of Los Alamos, Barbara Clements of First National 1870, David Hampton, Safe Haven Homestead, Brian Clayton of Main Gate Media LLC and ZIA Credit Union. Courtesy/Ryan Wolking

Another view of the American Heritage Girls and Trail Read More

Interfaith Los Alamos Refugee Winter Coat Drive Underway!

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Scene of resettled refugees in New Mexico receiving winter coats during a previous annual Interfaith Los Alamos coat drive. Courtesy/ILA

Scene of a resettled refugee in New Mexico receiving a winter coat during a previous annual Interfaith Los Alamos coat drive. Courtesy/ILA

Interfaith Los Alamos News:

Once again, Interfaith Los Alamos is sponsoring a winter coat drive for refugees recently resettled in New Mexico.

Lutheran Family Services is currently the only organization licensed by the US State Department to resettle refugees in the state. More than 100 families have been newly resettled Read More

Lunch & Learn Brown Bag: LA Jewish Center Noon Today!

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Rabbi Jack with Torah. Courtesy/Los Alamos Jewish Center

Los Alamos Jewish Center News:

Monthly brown bag “Lunch & Learn” starting at noon today at Los Alamos Jewish Center. 

This week on the Jewish calendar marked the completion of the annual cycle of reading the Five Books of Moses, known in Hebrew as the Torah. The holiday of Simchat Torah, rejoicing in the Torah, was celebrated this past Tuesday; it was the final holiday in the series of Jewish fall holidays that began late September with the Jewish New Year.    

Learning never stops in Jewish tradition, and Jews worldwide continue Torah Read More

Father Theophan: National Sobor Of The UOC Of USA

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Vespers in Saint Sophia Chapel. Courtesy/Father Theophan

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America convened its 23rd Regular Sobor Oct. 10-15 in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. Courtesy/Father Theophan

By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos

Last week, Oct. 10-15, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America convened their 23rd Regular Sobor in South Bound Brook, New Jersey.

It was presided over by His Eminence, Metropolitan ANTONY and His Eminence, Archbishop DANIEL, and attended by the priests and deacons of the church as well Read More

Mesa Library Quarterly Yoga Book Club Begins Nov. 3

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Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Want to learn more about yoga or share your practice with like-minded people?

The staff at Mesa Public Library announces a new Quarterly Yoga Book Club to be facilitated by certificated yoga therapist Jacci Gruninger, MS, C-IAYT.

This series is free to the public thanks to the generous support of Friends of Los Alamos County Libraries, and the first session is 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 on Mesa Public Library’s lower level. The program is suitable for adults of all ages and abilities.

Participants can expect to spend up to 45 minutes breathing, moving, and being still, Read More

Fr. Glenn: The Most Effective Vaccine

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Came down with COVID the other day – the “Mack truck” variant, as in “hit by a … ”. No fun whatever. We men like to think ourselves as rough and tough (our egos tending to revolve around our virility and strength), but even tiny little microscopic “bugs” can drive us to our knees.

But there are a lot of “viruses” apart from physical sickness, even to the point of manifesting themselves IN physical illness. We want to control every facet of our lives, often becoming grouchy and irate when things don’t go our way, or despondent when the unexpected occurs. In some manner, then, we can be Read More

Memorial Service For Helen Mae Cake Sokoloff Oct. 20

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Helen Mae Cake Sokoloff June 12, 1926 – Sept. 28, 2022

COMMUNITY News:

A Memorial Service for Helen Mae Cake Sokoloff, who passed away Sept. 28, 2022, has been set for 1-3 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 at White Rock Baptist Church, 80 State Road 4, White Rock, NM  87547.

Light refreshments will be provided.

Please feel free to bring a dessert or light refreshment to share if you want to.

If you have a memory of Helen you would like us to share at the service, please email it to Jessica.maupin@gmail.com. Read More

Posts From Abroad: Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti

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Posts from abroad: Interior view of Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti church Wednesday during a tour of Milan, Italy. Photo by Liddie Martinez

View of Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti church Wednesday during a tour of Milan, Italy. Photo by Liddie Martinez

View of Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti church Wednesday during a tour of Milan, Italy. Photo by Liddie Martinez

View of Comunità Pastorale Santi Profeti church Wednesday during a tour of Milan, Italy. Photo by Liddie Martinez Read More

Fr. Glenn: Healing In Muddy Waters

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

The concept of seasonal fashions has always perplexed many of us. They seem to be a type of one-upmanship—“See, I can buy what’s new; can you?” (Apparently a new “fashion” for young women are jeans which look like a lion’s discarded scratching post. Ooookaay)

This touches on how many people seem to set their value on their net worth, and why many are never happy with what they have but are always grasping for more. Having counseled more than a few couples, this often leads to the end of relationships as one spouse drains the savings, even spiraling them into hopeless debt—all for Read More

All Shall Be Well: Competition And A Mustard Seed

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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 Pastor Nicolé Raddu Ferry
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Los Alamos

“The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea’, and it would obey you.” Luke 17: 5-6

“It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.” –Gianni Versace

“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but Read More