Fully Alive in God

(marketplace.secondlife.com) M. Campbell-Langdell All Saints, Oxnard ( Isaiah 65:17–25; Canticle 9; 2 Thess. 3:6–13; St Luke 21:5–19) I had the pleasure of seeing Carol Puorto’s daughter Shari perform with her blues band several months ago and I enjoyed her music so much I picked up her CD. When I exclaimed at her having a special metallic “Sharpie” with which to sign her CDs, she said, “This isn’t my first rodeo!” And that struck me. This week, we had election news that shocked some of us, and perhaps not so much for others of us. Some of my friends have been completely rocked to the core by this result. But I turn to this week’s scriptures to remind myself that this is not God’s first rodeo. In today’s collect, or prayer of the day, we heard that we read scripture because it helps to give us strength for the hard and confusing moments of our lives. It helps us maintain hope and faith. For some, those hard and confusing moments came on Tuesday night, but for others a

(marketplace.secondlife.com) M. Campbell-Langdell Todos los Santos, Oxnard ( Isaías 65:17–25; Cántico 2; 2 Tesalonicenses 3:6–13; San Lucas 21:5–19) Tuve el placer de visitar a la hija de Carol Puorto hace varios meses cuando ella tocaba con su banda de los blues en un bar local. Y tanto disfrut é su música que compr é su disco compacto. Cuando ella sac ó un marcador “Sharpie” metálico para firmar mi CD, coment é en su preparación, y ella me dijo “Pues, no es mi primer rodeo.” Shari said, “It’s not my first rodeo,” y esto me hizo una impresión profunda. Y esta semana he meditado en como esto no es el primer rodeo de Dios, tampoco. En la colecta del día, escuchamos que leemos las escrituras para recordar nuestra esperanza en Dios. Los leemos para encontrar fuerza en los momentos difíciles y confusos de nuestras vidas. The bible helps us to maintain hope. Para algunos, un momento muy difícil vino este martes pasado, con los resultados de la elección. Para otros, cada

(from: http://www.davidlose.net/ 2015/12/advent-3-c-ordinary-saints/) M. Campbell-Langdell All Saints/ Todos los Santos, Oxnard ( Daniel 7:1–3, 15–18; Salmo 149; Efesios 1:11–23; San Lucas 6:20–31) Sometimes, I listen well to Jesus. Sometimes I am not the best listener.  I guess this is the way for all of us sinners who strive to live as saints of God. Todos nosotros tenemos momentos en que escuchamos bien a Dios y momentos cuando no lo escuchamos muy bien y hacemos errores. Just this week I was remembering my childhood Halloween in England, wherein I got to be part of sharing with my Jewish neighbors the Christian origins of Halloween. Cuando vivía en Inglaterra no era nuestro costumbre celebrar a Halloween, un festival con origines en la celebración de los días de los muertos y todos los santos. We neighborhood kids got dressed up and walked around a street not accustomed to Halloween or trick-or-treaters- it was not the custom in England then- and our wonderful neighb