Author: Delicia Nakazono
Understanding and Supporting Mental Health
PBM Breakfast, May 10, 8:30am (new time)
At our Prepared by Men's Breakfast this Saturday, we welcome Betty Sisneros Shover, the Executive Director of NAMI Santa Fe and a NAMI trained facilitator in several family education and support programs. Come to breakfast in Pope Hall at 8:30 and hear her valuable insights on understanding and supporting mental health.Read moreApril 26, 2025
Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! The Seven Mile Walk. I remember reading a story years ago about a young high school football player who ran 82 yards for a touchdown. It was a Friday night game under the lights in front of his hometown fans, his parents, and his girlfriend. Eighty-two yards! He was on top of the world that night and he expected his life to be filled with more accomplishments like this. It never was. How sad to me. Nothing would ever be as good as that Friday night on a football field, that life would never get to the eighty-third yard.
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Worship, May 4, 10am
VIDEO. In the second part of the Road to Emmaus story the two disciples recognize Jesus in the breaking of the bread and then he vanishes (Luke 24:28-35). How do we recognize Jesus today? Pastor Harry invites us to share ideas at worship this Sunday at 10:00 am followed by a potluck lunch and conversation.Read moreApril 19, 2025
Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! I never thought much about Holy Saturday before. It has always been a day of preparation, to catch my breath after Holy Week which seems to be more busy and anxiety-provoking than I think. So, I spend my Saturday consumed with the Easter sermon I give the next day. Can I find the right angle? Do I have the right message? Is it good enough? Will anyone remember it?
Read moreApril 12, 2025
Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! I thought I heard alleluias. I really did, every Palm Sunday, year after year, this parade of joy and celebration and waving palms, this recognition finally that Jesus is the man, the one that inexplicably defeats Empire for this one shining day on a donkey. It’s like Easter without the eggs, without the cross, without the crucifixion. Less messy and more fun. Who doesn’t like a parade? Yes, it’s time to sing our alleluias!
Read moreArpil 5, 2025
Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! Healing you, me, and the world. I know this sounds a bit far-fetched, but the Bible doesn’t think so. Page after page is filled with stories of people who are ultimately persuaded that they and the world can be healed, with God’s help. Like our story last Sunday of Naaman, the great commander of the Aramaean army who was healed of a skin ailment. Let’s start there. What did Naaman do to be healed? Not much really. He got angry. He felt entitled. He thought he could buy his way to healing. Then he listened to his wife who listened to a slave girl who talked about the power of God through the Prophet Elisha. And just as Elijah said, Naaman was healed on the seventh dip. How, again? And what about those first six dips? Here are some ideas, dip by dip . . .
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Worship, Procession, Apr 13
WORSHIP VIDEO. At 9:30 am, we gather in the sanctuary (and via livestream) for a brief worship service as Pastor Harry leads us with scripture from Luke 19:28-40. After the service, we follow bagpipes and process to the Santa Fe Plaza to share in the 10:30 Ecumenical Service with the Cathedral Basilica and Church of the Holy Faith. Everyone is welcome.Read moreMarch 29, 2025
Dear Saints in Santa Fe, and other far-off places: Greetings in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ! When I get discouraged about church, Christianity, this present day . . . Yes, you can answer this. Don’t wait for me. But while you are thinking and since I posed the question let me tell you how I would answer. I read John Philip Newell books. The latest one, The Great Search, has been the subject of our current Adult Education series that wraps up this Sunday.
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