Spirituality

Fr. Glenn: The Merry Manic Month Of May

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, a happy Mothers’ Day to all of you moms out there. I hope that your children recognize all the love that you’ve given them, and realize that many go without such love all of their lives. So kids: be grateful to, and for, your moms! After all, they’re there to share both your joys and your sorrows, your hopes and dreams. Whoever coined the phrase: “A problem shared is a problem halved” must have been thinking about Mom.

Moms’ Day is always smack down around the middle of May, which tends to be one of the busiest months of the year. Lots of things going on that month in churches just after Read More

Fr. Glenn: ‘What IS Truth?’

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

“What is truth?” – one of the most famous and philosophical lines of the Christian Gospels, uttered musingly by the Roman governor of Judea Pontius Pilate in his dialogue with Jesus prior to Jesus’ condemnation and crucifixion. (John 18:38)

We find that the answer to this poignant, and yet essential, question becoming ever more fleeting and elusive in our day. Daily is news about the rise of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and its ever-increasing ability to mimic authors, poets, artists, etc., until reproductions and “works” are almost indistinguishable from the original Read More

TOTH Holds Sneaker Fundraiser For House Of Hope

A scene from a previous house build by House of Hope in Juarez, Mexico. Courtesy/TOTH

A scene from a previous house build by House of Hope in Juarez, Mexico. Courtesy/TOTH

TOTH News:

Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church is holding an athletic shoe drive fundraiser during the entire month of May to raise money for House of Hope – a House Build Project in Juarez, Mexico.

Proceeds will be put toward the cost of building a simple home for a family in need. The community is invited to participate by bringing any old pairs of tennis shoes to the lower lot at Trinity on the Hill and dropping them in the clearly Read More

Calvary Chapel Hosts Women’s Ministry Talk May 19

CALVARY CHAPEL News:

Karen Warin of Navigators Ministry will give a talk, “Come to the Banquet: An Invitation to Experience God with All Your Senses,” 5-8:45 p.m. May 19 at Calvary Chapel, 850 North Mesa Road.

This ministry was born out of Warin’s desire to connect more intimately with her Father. For the past 13 years, she has sought and developed creative ways to walk with God. For more information, you can go to her website at www.cometothebanquet.com.

Warin’s Background

Warin has been involved with ministry to women for over 30 years. Since 2001 she has been on staff with The Navigators; a worldwide Read More

Rotary Honors Distinguished LAHS Student Estevan Trujillo

Rotarian Vincent Chiravalle, right, presents a Distinguished Student of Service certificate to LAHS junior Estevan Trujillo, on behalf of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos as his parents, Araceli and Adam Trujillo, share the moment, May 2, at Cottonwood on the Greens. Photo by Linda Hull

By VINCENT CHIRAVALLE
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

The motto of Rotary is Service Above Self. To support this motto in each academic year, the Rotary Club of Los Alamos honors “Distinguished Students of Service” in their junior year of high school.

Students are first nominated by their teachers who are asked to select Read More

Fr. Glenn: Shepherding

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Ah, spring. Trees are leafing, temps are warming. Allergies are blossoming. And we come to the merry month of May—merry especially for our graduating classes, as well as the non-graduating who are looking forward to a little summer vacation. The roads are already beginning to clog with RVs as the snowbirds migrate northward. And as April ends, we come upon May Day.

Now, May Day (May 1) is a day of many aspects in different cultures. It has the aspect of the celebration of spring, but also of labor movements, and is one of the more important celebrations of communist and socialist Read More

Trinity On The Hill Welcomes New Rector Rev. Mary Ann Hill

Rev. Mary Ann Hill

TOTH News:

Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church has announced that the Rev. Mary Ann Hill will be joining the church as its new rector as of May 1.

Reverend Mary Ann was ordained in 2002 after a career at the University of Illinois as an academic advisor to graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. She served in several parishes and comes to TOTH after 15 years as rector of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Tulsa, Okla. There, to name but a few accomplishments, she supervised a sizeable church preschool and founded a Latino mission Read More

Fr. Glenn: That Which Cannot Be Killed

By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Ever been the object—nay, the victim—of a harmful, yet baseless, rumor?

I’ve recently watched a murder mystery series on PBS: Vienna Blood. In one episode, an antagonist, threatening a protagonist so as to keep him from submitting evidence of a crime, warns that he and his toadies would draft a false and damaging tale against him, warning him: “You can’t kill a rumor. Like a hydra, you cut off one head, and two spring up in its place.”

Probably most of us have been the subject of the rumor mill at one time or another. People love to speculate about the faults of others—very likely so Read More

All Shall Be Well: Creation Care

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

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

When I was in eighth grade, my “reading” teacher began each class with a list of ten words. We then had to use our (paper) thesauruses and produce a list of synonyms for each word. I found the task incredibly tedious.

Today, I am grateful for the tedium! The exercise impressed upon me the power and nuances of words and language. Take the word “dominion”. In a majority of English translations Read More

Video Tribute To Retired LAFD Firefighter Mark Sandoval

Video tribute of Los Alamos Firefighters and Police Officers honoring retired firefighter Mark Secundino Sandoval (July 26, 1961 – March 19, 2023) this afternoon in a special procession from the Elks Lodge on Trinity Drive to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Canyon Road for a Funeral Mass followed by reception in the parish hall. The only child of Secundino and Stella Sandoval, he was born in Los Alamos and was a lifelong member of the community. He graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1979, where he fell in love with golf and found friendships that lasted a lifetime. Ninety-two golfers Read More

Scenes Of Procession For Retired Firefighter Mark Sandoval

Los Alamos Firefighters and Police Officers honor retired firefighter Mark Secundino Sandoval (July 26, 1961 – March 19, 2023) this afternoon with a special procession from the Elks Lodge on Trinity Drive to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Canyon Road for a Funeral Mass followed by a reception in the parish hall. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Firefighters and Police Officers honor retired firefighter Mark Sandoval this afternoon as he is accompanied into Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for a Funeral Mass. The only child of Secundino and Stella Sandoval, Read More

Vitalant Blood Drive At Bryce Avenue Presbyterian April 21

COMMUNITY News:

Vitalant is hosting a blood drive 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 21 at Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church, 333 Bryce Ave. in White Rock.

“Love your neighbor by giving the gift of life.”

To sign up for an appointment, click here.

Walk-ins are also welcome! Read More

Society Of Catholic Scientists Hosts Public Lecture April 28

Prof. Stephen Barr of University of Delaware

SCS News:

The New Mexico Chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists (SCS) is pleased to invite the local community to a public lecture to be given by Prof. Stephen Barr of University of Delaware, Physics, the President and founder of the Society of Catholic Scientists, on “Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life? Anthropic Coincidences and Multiverse Ideas”, at Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Catholic Church at 7 p.m. Friday, April 28 in the Karen McLaughlin Parish Hall.

This lecture will be preceded by a Mass at 5:30 p.m. celebrated by the pastor of IHM, Read More

Today Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023

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 …

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’

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

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

…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

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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