Barbeque on the Beach + Easter 3C + 4.14.13
M. Campbell-Langdell+ All Santos, Oxnard 4.14.13 + Easter 3C (Acts 9:1-1-20, Ps. 30, Rev. 5:11-14, Jn. 21:1-19) Possibly you have heard of Bishop James Pike, a radical bishop of California from the late 50s to early 60s, who was way ahead of his time and a bit “new age.” Well, apparently he went to ETS seminary to preach in about 1962 and a clergy colleague of mine remembers him waxing lyrical about the incense that rose from California. Of course, he was talking about the smoke from our barbeques! Well I don’t know about you all, but I find this pretty true. Just as it has started getting warmer, all the garage doors in our little neighborhood have started rolling up Saturdays and Sundays and a myriad of barbeques—some traditional gas ones, some little portable weber grills like our own, some hand-welded masterpieces—smoke meats and veggies in that Southern California ritual. And there is something almost religious about it. If you follow t...