Fully Alive in God

Melissa Campbell-Langdell All Saints Oxnard ( Sabiduría 3:1–9; Salmo 24; Revelación 21:1–6ª; San Juan 11:32–44) “Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones, pues Dios es bueno y favorece a sus elegidos.” (Wisdom/Sabiduría 3:9). Los que confían en el Señor comprenderán la verdad. La verdad. The truth is a mystery, a mystery we hold today. Death and life. Sacred Communion, a mystical body. La verdad místico—este mundo no es toda la realidad. But death holds an unavoidable pain when it is the death of those we love, because a loved one has been taken from us. Even Jesus is moved at his friend Lazarus’ death. Aun Jesús duele por la muerte de su amigo Lázaro. And yet, God will restore even this. Dios s í renovar á a todo esto. How to grasp this mystery? Naturally, I will go to a children’s tale. Obviamente, voy a un cuento de los niños. ¿Algunos vieron la película “The Book o...

(www.mashable.com) M Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard                                  ( Job 42:1–6, 10–17; Psalm 34:1–8, (19–22); Hebrews 7:23–28; St. Mark 10:46–52) And Job said: “Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:6). I must admit these words surprised me a bit, coming out of Job. Thinking about all he has suffered, do we really have to see him repent? Yes, he realized he was talking a bit out of turn with God. But it seems a bit much to have to hear him say that after all he has suffered, he still must repent. Was it not sufficient for him to say that God was much bigger and more capable than we could imagine? Surely we could have left it at that. Gustavo Gutierrez, the Latin American liberation theologian, said something interesting about this passage. He said that this wor...

(www.mashable.com) M Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard ( Job 42:1–6, 10–17; Salmo 34:1–8, (19–22); Hebreos 7:23–28; San Marcos 10:46–52) “Por eso me retracto arrepentido, sentado en el polvo y la ceniza.”  (Job 42:6). De una manera me sorprendió leer estas palabras de Job esta semana. Pensando en todo lo que ha sufrido, ¿él se arrepiente? Se dio cuenta de que no entendi ó bien a Dios, si, pero parece un poco demasiado escucharlo decir que con todo lo que ha sufriendo, que tendrá que arrepentir.  It just seemed improbable that Job would need to repent after all he has been through. ¿No es suficiente que él dice que entiende ahora que Dios es más grande y poderoso que pudiéramos imaginar? Gustavo Gutiérrez, el teólogo de la teoría de la liberación de América Latina, dice de este pasaje algo que encuentro bien útil. Dice que en el judío que la palabra “naham” que significa “arrepentir” esta combinada con una palabra “al” que lo hace significar “cambiar la men...

M. Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard ( Job 23:1–9, 16–17; Ps 22:1–15; Hebrews 4:12–16; Mark 10:17–31) I was reminded of something when we went to the Dodgers Night again this year. And that is that one of my favorite moments when I attend a baseball game is when we do the wave. Someone starts it and stands up and, if it works, it suddenly spreads around the whole stadium in a big consistent wave of people until it returns to the person with whom it began. It always feels like a moment of human connectedness, of church almost, in the middle of an otherwise seemingly secular American pastime. The wave is a very particular thing, however. Everyone more or less needs to be willing to stand up for a moment, and if too many people in area cannot or will not do it, it gets stuck. People need to keep moving and responding so that the motion goes all around in order for the magic of the wave to happen. Which brings me to the ocean. One of my favorite aspects of living in Oxnar...

M. Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard (Job 23:1–9, 16–17; Salmo 22:1–15; Hebreos 4:12–16; San Marcos 10:17–31) Record é algo cuando fuimos al Dodgers Night de nuevo este a ñ o. Y esto es que una de mis cosas favoritas de estar en un partido de béisbol es cuando hacemos “The Wave” o “La Ola.” Alguien lo empieza y se levanta, y si funciona, de inmediato va por todo el estadio en una ola consistente de la acción de gente que se levanta y se baja uno después del otro. I love the “The Wave” at a baseball game because it is a moment of human connectedness. Es un momento de conexión humana, casi se puede decir de “iglesia” en el medio de un pasatiempo americano usualmente bien secular. Sin embargo, esta “ola” es una cosa bien particular. Casi todo el mundo tiene que estar dispuesto a pararse para un momento, y si demasiadas personas no pueden o no lo quieren hacer, está atascado. La gente necesita responder y continuar el movimiento para que ocurra la magia que es la ola. Lo...