p.s. The pastor is a woman. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505
505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 7:17 AM Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jochen, > > We live across the street from the United Church of Santa Fe. It is a > member of the United Church of Christ denomination (UCC). A friend whose > father was a Presbyterian minister said that UCC informally means > "Unitarians Concerned with Christ". The point is that their beliefs are > universalist. > > Despite living so close to the church for 25+ years I have attended fewer > than five services there, including Joe Traub's funeral. After dinner on > Christmas Eve I impulsively said, "Why don't we go to the service at > 5:00?" That service was focused on children. Our group included my Jewish > wife, a Muslim granddaughter (7), and our daughter and son-in-law who are > Evangelical Christians. The latter have a daughter who is three. Our 11 > year old grandson says he has a relationship with God and he doesn't want > anyone to tell him what it should be. I am a fallen-away Presbyterian. > > It was a beautiful and well attended service. After the pastor told the > story that Franz Gruber discovered that his church's organ wouldn't play > because of damage caused by mice so he asked the organist to play a guitar > to accompany a poem that he, Gruber, had written. The result was the > Christmas carol "Silent Night". Then that moment was reiterated here by > the choir director playing that carol on his guitar while the congregation > sang. > > The point is that it was, by my lights, a lovely service. The church's > parking lot is filled to capacity every Sunday morning. > > I am optimistic but probably won't attend services there regularly. > > Frank > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > On Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 3:20 AM David Eric Smith <desm...@santafe.edu> > wrote: > >> I increasingly think the last keeper of democracy in the U.S. will be a >> black woman. Everybody else seems afraid. The perennial complaints about >> Neville Chamberlain come to mind. >> >> But still, best wishes for the New Year to you Jochen and to All. >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> > On Dec 26, 2023, at 4:39 AM, Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: >> > >> > Merry Christmas from Berlin! It must be Farolitos time now in Santa Fe, >> right? Here in Berlin we have plenty of Christmas markets where you get hot >> mulled wine. At Christmas Eve I was in the "American Church of Berlin" >> which is over 120 years old. It was mostly empty though. >> > >> > While Donald Trump embodies the bad site of America - adultery, fraud, >> hate, lies, greed and the rest of the mortal sins - the church classically >> represents the good side of America: the selfless care for others, >> Christian values and the feeling that everybody is welcome. >> > >> > It is sad to see churches slowly dying out like the old lighthouses at >> the coast which showed ships the right way for centuries but are now >> turning into mere tourist attractions. Will democracy die out together with >> the churches too? >> > >> > This article about the last lighthouse keeper in the U.S. makes me >> wonder if president Biden will be the last keeper of democracy in America >> before the land falls into the darkness of a Trump dictatorship. 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