Fully Alive in God

M. Campbell-Langdell+ Liturgy of the Palms/Passion (Year C) 3.24.13 Imaginen el escenario.  Imagine the scene.  The songs have died down in the air.  The palms are strewn around the streets that have cooled from the heat of the day.  Todavía sienten en el aire la electricidad de su momento de entrada en Jerusalén.  But Jesus is once more alone.  Él está solo con sus ideas diferentes, su manera diferente de ser un Mesías y rey diferente.  Jesus is alone—the coats laid down in the Street for him to pass have been picked up and dusted off, coats that will turn against him so soon, so very soon.  Pronto estará rechazado su rey, su bendito Mesías.  Las canciones van a convertir en gritos violentos.  Soon the happy songs will turn to the shouts of a violent crowd.   So, alone on that quiet street, imagine him.  See our humble king as the man he is in that moment.  Imagínenlo allí, solo.  Before the disciples f...

M. Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard 3.4.13 Lent 3C (Ex. 3:1-15; Ps. 63:1-8; 1 Cor. 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9) Some of you may know that I am an alumna of Vassar College, and some of you may have noticed on the news that Westboro Baptist Church was there this past Thursday.  Their concept is that Vassar, in including all types of people, be they diverse in ethnic or racial identity, or be they diverse in disability or ability, or in sexual expression or identity, what have you, has sinned.  That Vassar is a den of sin.  And the response from Vassar alumnae, students, staff, administration and faculty has been amazing.  The acting president wrote a very meaningful letter to all describing why Vassar feels it must stand up for its values of inclusion and celebration of diversity.  And alumnae took this opportunity to respond with love, raising tens of thousands of dollars for the Trevor Project, a suicide hotline for gay teens.  One friend of mine, ...

M. Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard 3.4.13 Cuaresma 3C (Ex. 3:1-15; S. 63:1-8; 1 Cor. 10:1-13; Luc 13:1-9) Estudi é en Vassar College, y posiblemente vieron en las noticias esta semana que una organización llamado la Iglesia Bautista de Westboro estaba allí el jueves para protestar. Su concepto es que Vassar, en abrazar todo tipo de personas, si sean diversas en la identidad étnica o racial, o si sean diversas en discapacidad o capacidad, o en expresión o identidad sexual, ellos dicen que aceptar personas así es un pecado.    Westboro Baptist Church called my college a bunch of sinners for accepting all people, no matter who they were.   Y la respuesta de los exalumnos, estudiantes, personal, administración y profesores de Vassar ha sido increíble.  Aprovecharon de esta oportunidad para responder con amor, recaudar decenas de miles de dólares para el Proyecto Trevor, una línea directa de suicidio de adolescentes homosexuales. Una amiga mía, Carlotta,...