“¡La lucha es real!” era su manera de reconocer con ironía las dificultades de la vida, y, con una sonrisa, invitarlos a otros a unirse a su experiencia. Ubicando la risa en medio del sufrimiento, ella encontró una manera de hacer menos agobiantes circunstancias que eran super agobiantes. Como solía decir Fred Rodgers, “Toda experiencia humana es mencionable, y todo que es mencionable puede ser más manejable.”
“The struggle is real” was her way to wryly recognize life’s hardships, and, with a smile, to invite others to join her in the experience.Locating laughter smack dab in the middle of suffering, she found a way to make incredibly overwhelming circumstances a little less overwhelming. As Fred Rogers liked to say, “Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.”
Sermon by the Rev. Lauren Grubaugh for Virtual Bilingual Spanish/English Worship at All Saints Church, Pasadena at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Readings: Génesis 3:8–21, Salmo 96, Romanos (8:31–39) y San Marcos 13:14–22.
Read the text of the sermon here: https://allsaints-pas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LGrubaugh210307_Womens-Lectionary_Genesis-3_8-19.pdf
Watch the entire Sunday Morning Live (the Rector’s Forum, 11:15 a.m. service, 1:00 p.m. service, (or whatever portion you’d like) for March 7, 2021 on YouTube at https://youtu.be/pcbMD2OZ7rY. Follow along with the service leaflet here: https://allsaints-pas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210307BilingualStreamingLit1pm-1.pdf.
Lauren is Associate Rector at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Centennial, Colorado. She is a certified Kaleidoscope Institute dialogue Facilitator, Spanish-English translator, subversive liturgist, and nonviolent strategist. Lauren is also a former member of All Saints Church.
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