Father Theophan: Winter Pottery
Frozen pot from winter temperatures. Photo by Father Theophan
By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos
The winter has put a damper on my throwing. The garage is detached from the house, unheated, and often inhabited by my car. There is, thankfully, a wood stove, but it takes a while to warm the place up. Fingers tend to stop doing what they’re told when throwing cold clay with cold water. To alleviate this, I have to fill a bucket with hot water from the house to throw with. The clay is still cold, but the hot water makes it workable at least.
Freezing is the only real danger with Read More
Special Parade Honors Retiree Corine Christman For Her Many Years Of Service To United Church Thrift Shop
Corine Appreciation Day: United Church Thrift Shop board members held a drive-by appreciation parade this morning for their beloved chair Corine Christman, left, on her retirement. Her friend Nina Thayer holds thank you balloons and bouquets for her this morning in front of the Thrift Shop between Canyon Road and Rose Street. The parade of cars drove by Christman and the drivers honked and waved and thanked Christman for her many, many years of service, including eight years as chair or co-chair. Photo By John McHale/ladailypost.com’
Corine Christman, center, is honored by colleagues Read More
Wreaths Across America Honors ‘The Four Chaplains’ Feb. 3
Wreaths Across America News:
COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine — Wreaths Across America will honor the American heroes known as “The Four Chaplains” with a special Facebook live event at noon EST, Wednesday, Feb. 3.
Jan. 23, 1943, the U.S.A.T. Dorchester left New York harbor bound for Greenland carrying more than 900 officers, servicemen and civilian workers.
The ship was a coastal passenger steamship requisitioned and operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for wartime use as a troop ship.
The ship was transiting the Labrador Sea when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat (U-233) Feb. 3, 1943. Read More
Scenes From Great Blessing Of Water 2021 At Ashley Pond
Alter boy Timothy Tyulim and Fr. Theophan leaving Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church on Trinity Drive at noon today to celebrate the annual Great Blessing of Water 2021 at Ashley Pond. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Alter boy Timothy Tyulim and Fr. Theophan lead the procession across Trinity Drive to celebrate the Great Blessing of Water 2021 today at Ashley Pond. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene from today’s Great Blessing of Water 2021 at Ashley Pond. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene from today’s Great Blessing of Water 2021 at Ashley Pond. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Fr. Glenn: ‘He Is Out Of His Mind!’
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
It’s hard to deny that we’re entering a new era—the change of presidency, coming out of pandemic, plus a number of other issues you could no doubt add on your own. Assuming good intention, each of us thinks that his own idea about solving problems is the best; that’s the very reason we maintain a position. And so, when someone opposes our own eminent idea, our knee-jerk reaction is often that “He is out of his mind!”, or, more succinctly, “What an idiot!”
That must have been the feeling of some of Jesus’ hearers when they said that of Him: “He is out of His mind!” (Mark 3:20-21)—our Catholic Read More
Community Invited To Great Blessing Of Water 2021
Rev. Theophan Mackey and the people of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church in Los Alamos invite the community to join in celebrating the annual Great Blessing of Water 2021 at noon Sunday at Ashley Pond. Masks and social distancing will be observed during the event. Courtesy/SJPOC Read More
Fr. Glenn: Killing With Kindness
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Almost daily—or even more often—we can get stuck in perplexing situations. What to do…what to do? Which is the better path? Even when we are consciously trying to discern what is right and good, there can be so many different factors to be weighed, throwing us into mental debate and moral quandary. Even when the rules are rigidly fixed, the ol’ black and white can get gray in a hurry.
Obviously, what a person may ask us to do—or even beg us to do—is not necessarily the best thing … for anyone. For instance, you parents of young kids at home (and sometimes older kids NOT at home!) may Read More
World Religion Day: High Atlas Foundation Grows Trees In Nurseries Built On Moroccan Jewish Community Land
Aberrahim is the caretaker at the Akrich nursery, the first of the High Atlas Foundation’s fruit tree nurseries built on land lent in-kind by the Moroccan Jewish Community. Courtesy/HAF
High Atlas Foundation News:
Today is World Religion Day, and the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) is celebrating its interfaith fruit tree nurseries, which are built on land lent in-kind by the Moroccan Jewish community and are enhancing livelihoods for Muslim farming families around Morocco.
These nurseries champion the notion that Morocco’s multicultural past and present, and the preservation of it, should Read More
Fr. Glenn: Motivations
By Father Glenn Jones
Well, another year has begun … this one beginning a little bit … ummm … “differently” than most. What’s that old curse … “May you live in interesting times?” As we get older, we start to appreciate the “uninteresting” and predictable times a heck of a lot more. Well … different each to his own—we all have our motivations.
Speaking of motivations, I was watching a series on the TV the other night in which a powerful politician was requesting assistance of a very socially-minded minister in accomplishing a certain goal. Because that task would have necessarily taken the minister Read More
Fr. Glenn: The Dawn Shall Break
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
It’s kind of pleasant going to the grocery store first thing on New Year’s day. Rather than having to hoof it from the hinterlands … well, lookie there—a space right up front. Hardly a creature a’stirring … except a few grumpy, bleary-eyed stockers, and some not-quite-yet-cheery checkers. Hmmm … I wonder if kept up late by fireworks, too. Hmmmm … maybe not that.
Ahh … the new year! … full of promise and expectation! And … heading back out to my trusty mechanical steed, I see at a distance … an angry twenty-something lad in the parking lot with a baseball bat, apparently Read More
Gaia’s Pantry Open For Business At Unitarian Church
Felix Fellenz dropping off donations recently at Gaia’s Pantry on Sage. Photo by Emily Schultz-Fellenz
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
The idea behind the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos’ Gaia’s Pantry is simple; take what food items are needed and leave food that can be donated.
The pantry, named after the Greek goddess of nature, opened for business this week in the church parking lot, 1738 North Sage St., but the idea percolated in the minds of the congregation for some time.
Unitarian Church member Kokheong McNaughton said she was introduced to curbside Read More
Daily Postcard: Saint Job Of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Daily Postcard: View Tuesday morning of Saint Job Of Pochaiv Orthodox Church. Photo by Fr. Theophan Read More
Saint Job Of Pochaiv Orthodox Christian Church In Los Alamos Donates $3,250 In Cookie Sales To Española YMCA
Father Theophan of Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Christian Church in Los Alamos presents a $3,250 check Wednesday to Director Ben Sandoval of the YMCA in Española. The money was raised through the church’s annual holiday cookie box sale and will be used Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Christian Church in Los Alamos presents a $3,250 check Wednesday to Director Ben Sandoval of the YMCA in Española. . Members of the church bake cookies and treats to fill 125 boxes and each year and decide on a different local charity in which to donate the proceeds. Courtesy photo Read More
Fr. Glenn: ‘…a little child shall lead them…’
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Well, here we are … the last week of 2020, a year that few will lament having come to its close. In the celebrations of the new year on 12/31/19, who would have ever guessed that it would have taken such a nasty turn? Come on, 2021 … don’t fail us!
As this pandemic pandemonium year closes, we all likely have mused over and re-examined our family ties and closeness as we were subjected to the ever-climbing COVID toll as many lost friends and family over these ten months. This common experience has brought to the fore greater realization of our fragile biology contained with its inherent, Read More
More Scenes Of Troop 122 Farolitos Illuminating Community
Troop 122 places farolitos at First United Methodist Church, its Chartered Organization and where they meet throughout the year. Their decades-old tradition on Christmas Eve is to place farolitos around Ashley Pond but due to restrictions because of the global pandemic, this year they placed the farolitos at First United Methodist Church in Los Alamos as well as Ponderosa Montessori School in White Rock. Photo by Greg Noeninckx
Troop 122 places farolitos Christmas Eve at First United Methodist Church. Photo by Greg Noeninckx
Troop 122 places farolitos Christmas Eve at First United Methodist Read More
Daily Postcard: Troop 122 Wishes All A Merry Christmas!
Daily Postcard: Troop 122 places farolitos Christmas Eve at First United Methodist Church, 715 Diamond Dr., its chartered organization and where the Scouts meet throughout the year. Their decades old tradition of placing farolitos around Ashley Pond was canceled this year due to the pandemic. Photo by Greg Noeninckx Read More
White Rock Presbyterian Church: Remote Christmas 2020
United Church Of Los Alamos Welcomes Community To Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Online 5 PM Thursday
The United Church of Los Alamos in the early days. Courtesy/UCLA
The United Church of Los Alamos today at 2525 Canyon Road. Courtesy/UCLA
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
United Church of Los Alamos
This holiday season is like no other in our lifetime with so many sick and dying.
There is hope on the horizon with a new vaccine, but perhaps this is a time when you need friends, family or a church family, to get you through what may seem or feel impossible.
Senior Pastor David Elton of the United Church of Los Alamos invites you on Christmas Eve, to join with others to listen, to learn and to hope, as you journey through Read More
Fr. Glenn: Of Foot And Flight
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
It’s that time of year again. Yes, yes … tinsel, Santa Clause and the joyous squeals of children unwrapping their treasures on Christmas morn, but also that of a particularly delightful natural beauty here in New Mexico: the migration of thousands—perhaps millions—of various waterfowl down the Rio Grande.
A most memorable unplanned side trip of years gone by was a January unplanned detour from the mundanity of south I-25 to visit the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge. Often touted for its winter migratory fowl population, expectations were nonetheless rather low; after
Bethlehem Church Hosts ‘A Light Shining In The Darkness: A Reflective Service Of Hope And Healing’ Via Zoom Monday
Enter into a time of quiet at 6:30 p.m. Monday through Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, contact the church office at office@bethluth.com to receive the zoom link. Courtesy photo
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church News:
Each year Bethlehem Lutheran Church at 2390 North Road has offered a space for folks to enter into a time of quiet.
We create a space to honor that in this energetic, fast-paced, over-stimulating time of year, it is helpful for us to remember that not everyone is cheery for the Christmas holidays.
Many losses may be before us as our lives present the death of a loved one, Read More
