Christmas 2 C + It’s Christmas, why am I anxious? + ACL + 1.2.22
It’s Christmas, why am I anxious? Christmas 2C, 2021 (Luke 2, [Colossians 3]) All Saints, Oxnard The Rev. Alene Campbell-Langdell (shared by MCL) Not long after our now adopted daughter came to live with us as a 12 year old foster child, we went to visit her grandparents in Pasadena. Feeling all of her pre-teen independence, she asked us to let her off several blocks away from the restaurant where we were meeting up, so she could walk there on her own. We gave careful instructions (we thought) and let her out of the car. My wife and I continued on to the restaurant, parked the car, and went inside to greet the parents/grandparents. Minutes passed. No sign of the kid. More time passed. Still, she was nowhere to be seen. With anxiety rising, we got back in the car and began to retrace the path from where we let her off. We couldn’t find her! Finally, we t...