Scenes From 2025 White Rock Community Independence Day Parade & Carnival At Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
Participants in all their patriotic splendor take off this morning in the annual Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints White Rock Community Independence Day Parade along Grande Canyon Drive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Everyone was invited to participate in this morning’s parade & carnival. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
A joyful Macie Rice provides free pinwheels and leis for participants to decorate the bikes for this morning’s parade. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Watching snow cones being created appears to have mesmerized the young crowd at this Read More
The Art Of Living Presents Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar July 7 At UNM In Albuquerque
Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents: ‘Is Earth Exceptional? Explorations Into The Origin Of Life’ On Tuesday July 8
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum News:
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents ‘Is Earth Exceptional? Explorations into the Origin of Life’ by Dr. Rebecca Chamberlin, Tuesday July 8 at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church.
A second presentation, inspired by this book on astrobiology, will be presented next week. A light meal will be served at 6 p.m. with the lecture beginning at 6:30 p.m. The presentation will be recorded and streamed to the ZOOM site given at: https://losalamosfaithandscienceforum.org.
How life came from non-life—or abiogenesis—is still largely Read More
BELC To Host Day Camp For Youth July 28-Aug.1
BELC News:
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church (BELC) will host a week-long Day Camp for youth, Monday, July 28 to Friday, Aug. 1.
Designed for children entering Pre-K through 5th grade (in the fall), this camp is “a joyful and faith-filled experience”.
Youth entering 6th grade are invited to participate as junior counselors.
This year’s camp theme is “Cross Fit” – a fun play on fitness culture, with a spiritual twist.
Campers will explore Christian principles like commitment, community, overcoming plateaus, and transformation, all rooted in Scripture.
Camp Schedule & Cost:
- 9 a.m.
Fr. Glenn: The Necessity Of Conviction
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
Lots of criticism over the strike on the nuclear weapon development facilities in Iran last weekend. Peace is always the ideal, but when someone declares daily: “Death to our neighbors!” and you see him stockpiling guns and ammo, should one simply ignore it? Seeking peace does not entail being naïve, and if history teaches us anything, it teaches that one of the tragic constants is the megalomaniacal desire of some for ever greater power over others. How to face that danger is always a matter of debate.
That’s a great thing about democracies and democratic republics like our Read More
First Baptist Church Vacation Bible School Begins July 7
Children participating in a previous Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church. Courtesy/FBC
First Baptist Church News:
First Baptist Church invites children ages 4-12 to attend a free Vacation Bible School, 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, July 7-11, at the church at 2200 Diamond Drive.
A special program is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Friday, July 11, followed by a hot dog lunch for parents and families.
Trained Christian Youth In Action teen summer missionaries from around Northern New Mexico will teach children Bible stories, songs, memory verses, missionary stories, games, and Read More
All Shall Be Well: That’s How The Light Gets In
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Deacon Cynthia Z. Biddlecomb, M.Div.
ELCA retired
A long road trip earlier this month resulted in several rock chips in the windshield. And wouldn’t you know it, the morning after we got back, I watched as a deep one of those chips slowly created a vertical crack.
On the way home from getting the glass replaced, I drove into heavy rain and fearfully used the wipers. Keep the back window open a bit to reduce air pressure, the service tech Read More
St. John’s College Launches Master Of Arts In Middle Eastern Classics Exploring Jewish And Islamic Civilization
Courtesy photo
SJC News:
SANTA FE — St. John’s College in Santa Fe has launched a new Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Classics (MAMEC)—a one-year, in-person graduate program exploring the foundational texts of Jewish and Islamic civilization—texts that are often overlooked in Western curricula, but which have shaped the course of philosophy, religion, and poetry across centuries.
While these two traditions have often been portrayed as being in tension, MAMEC will provide students a singular opportunity to immerse themselves in the original Jewish and Islamic texts, far from the rhetoric Read More
Interfaith Los Alamos Holds Backpack/School Supply Drive
COMMUNITY News:
The annual Interfaith Los Alamos Backpack/School Supplies Drive is underway. The community is asked to help Lutheran Family Services (LFS) provide backpacks and school supplies to approximately 200 families/refugees in need.
LFS is not taking in new refugees due to changes in government funding and policy. LFS is one of the most capable groups resettling refugees/evacuees who have gone through a legal process to come here. They are taught English, provided with cultural training, helped to find jobs and become valued members of the society.
LFS still has commitments Read More
Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents ‘Faith Beyond Belief: The Remarkable Relationship Between Spirituality & Religion’ July 1
Dr. John Ambrosiano
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum News:
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents ‘Faith Beyond Belief: The Remarkable Relationship between Spirituality and Religion’ by Dr. John Ambrosiano, Tuesday July 1 at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church. A light meal will be served at 6 p.m. with the lecture to follow beginning at 6:30 p.m. The presentations will be recorded and streamed to the ZOOM address given at the website: https://losalamosfaithandscienceforum.org
Every faith offers its members meaningful beliefs as well as deep spiritual insights. Read More
Community Invited To Candlelight Vigil 7 PM Wednesday July 2 At Ashley Pond Park To Support Immigrants
By Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos Jewish Center
A number of faith communities in Los Alamos have been working together to organize a candlelight vigil at Ashley Pond at 7 p.m. MDT on Wednesday, July 2, to raise awareness about the plight of refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants in our country and reaffirm our identity as a nation that welcomes immigrants and thrives because of them.
This date was chosen because it falls between June 6, the anniversary of the date that the MS St. Louis was turned away from US shores in 1939 and July 6, the day in 1798 that the Alien Enemies Act was signed.
Nationwide, Read More
Fr. Glenn: Poured Out For You
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
This last Saturday—annually on June 21—the Catholic Church celebrates the memorial of St. Aloysius (pronounced “al-oh-IH-shus”) Gonzaga, a remarkable young Italian aristocrat of the latter 1500s who surrendered his lineage and inheritance to join the Jesuit religious order for the service of God and his fellow Man. Aloysius died at the young age of 23 after contracting the plague while serving plague victims. Even though he knew death was imminent, he refused to rest until he could physically work no more, and nearing his end wrote to his mother: “In return for my short and Read More
Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents ‘Free Lunch Or Free Will?: The Jewish Texts And Modern Biology Address Voluntary Choice’ June 24
Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum News:
Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents “Free Lunch or Free Will?: The Jewish Texts and Modern Biology Address Voluntary Choice” by Rabbi Jack Shlachter, Tuesday June 24 at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church.
A light meal will be served at 6 p.m. with the lecture to follow beginning at 6:30 p.m. The presentations will be recorded and streamed to the ZOOM address given at the website. The ZOOM link issues are corrected.
https://losalamosfaithandscienceforum.org
It appears that we can choose between several Read More
Summer VBS Reimagined At United Church Of Los Alamos
United Church News:
The community is invited to learn about Juneteenth and the mandate from the prophet Micah to “seek justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God.”
Summer VBS is being reimagined at the United Church on Canyon Road as Summer Family VBS Thursdays. The action will be Vespers, Bible Study and Supper for all ages 5:30-7 p.m. on three Thursdays this summer.
- Vespers, Bible and Supper
- Thursday, June 19, 5:30-7 p.m.
All are invited to join in the intergenerational fast-paced fun starting June 19 with Juneteenth & Justice!. Next, July 24 will be Rhythm of the Church year, assisted Read More
Fr. Glenn: Happy Fathers’ Day
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
A very happy and joy-filled and blessed Fathers’ Day to all you dads out there! You have that honor and privilege to have sired and, with their mothers, to be entrusted with care and teaching of God’s precious little ones—your children … those little images of God that we all are, but the little ones with the innocence that we adults have often lost but are called by Christ to emulate: “Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me…” (Matthew 18:4-5) We are all called to emulate that innocence, Read More
All Shall Be Well: Proclaiming Radical Welcome
Clergy from left, Deacon Amy Schmuck, Deacon Cynthia Biddlecomb, retired, The Rev. Mary Ann Hill and The Rev. Lynn Finnegan. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
By Deacon Amy Schmuck
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Los Alamos Ministerial Alliance is an interfaith group of clergy and community leaders with an interest in the health and well-being of our community. We meet once a month to hold discussions or learning opportunities on a variety of topics and make plans for how to respond to the needs of our community members.
During our May gathering, Rabbi Jack Shlachter, who serves Read More
Daily Postcard: Small Bird Perches On Tall Cross At Sunrise
Daily Postcard: A small bird perches at the top of a tall cross at the Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church as the sun begins to rise, recently at 333 Bryce Avenue in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
St. John’s College And Modern Elder Academy Announce “Crossroads & Classics” Retreat
Courtesy photo
SJC/MEA News:
SANTA FE — St. John’s College and the Modern Elder Academy (MEA) are partnering to present Crossroads & Classics, a five-day retreat exploring midlife transitions through the lens of classic literature, poetry, and art. The retreat will take place at MEA’s renowned 2,600-acre ranch near Santa Fe, New Mexico, offering a unique blend of intellectual exploration, natural beauty, and restorative experiences.
Participants will engage with texts by Plato, Elizabeth Bishop, Viktor Frankl, and others, in daily seminars led by St. John’s tutors David Carl and Read More
Bridging Science And Spirit: Celebrating 30 Years Of Rabbi Jack’s Leadership As The ‘Physics Rabbi’
Rabbi Jack Shlachter. Courtesy/LAJC
By MARLENE WILDEN
In a town where equations, experiments and scientific breakthroughs are part of daily life, Rabbi Jack Shlachter has spent the last three decades showing that faith and reason can coexist—not just peacefully, but powerfully.
As Los Alamos celebrates the 30th anniversary of Rabbi Jack’s ordination, the community honors a man who embodies the rare blend of theoretical physicist and spiritual leader—a dual identity that has shaped not only his own life, but also the lives of countless others in Northern New Mexico.
“Rabbi Jack has a love Read More
Fr. Glenn: Go And Bear Fruit
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
One of the beauties that we see up in the Jemez Mountains and in many places around New Mexico is the seed-bearing cotton from alamos (cottonwoods) lazily drifting to the final resting places unknown—evolutionarily hoping to take root like their parents, grow strong and produce their own “kids” to go off into the world in the future. Driven by winds strong or slight, that resting place to which they finally arrive will either be a blessing or bane for its future. Of course, as cottonwoods tend to require a lot of water to grow strong, many of those driftings inevitably end in places Read More