July 20, 2025 – 6th Sunday After Pentecost
Amos 8:1-12; Psalm 52; Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Preachers of a certain era, hear this gospel and immediately think, “Martha, Martha, Martha!” which is a reflection of the whininess of Jan Brady as she complains about her older sister Marcia. Of course, in today’s Gospel, it’s the older sister, Martha, who […]
July 13, 2025 – 5th Sunday After Pentecost
Deuteronomy 30:9-14; Psalm 25:1-9; Colossians 1:1-14; Luke 10:25-37 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Jesus has been pretty busy since his Ascension. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been retracing his early ministry—through Galilee and even into Samaria. Though his efforts in Samaria weren’t especially fruitful, it’s important to understand the fraught relationship between Samaria and Judea […]
July 6, 2025 – 4th Sunday After Pentecost
Isaiah 66:10-14; Psalm 66:1-8; Galatians 6:7-16; Luke 10:1-11,16-20 The Rev. Drew Brislin In the name of the One Holy and Undivided Trinity. Amen “Yet know this, the Kingdom of God has come near.” What does Jesus mean when he says this? And what does it mean to us today? It sounds very apocalyptic—and it is—but […]
June 29, 2025 – 3 Pentecost 8A
I Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Psalm 16; Galatians 5:1, 13-25; Luke 9:51-62 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Galatia was a province of the Roman Empire located in what we now call modern-day Turkey. If you know anything about the geography of that region, you know that Turkey is a land bridge between Europe and the Middle East. […]
June 22, 2025 – Trinity Sunday
Isaiah 65:1-9; Psalm 22:18-27; Galatians 3:13-29; Luke 8:26-39 The Rev. Drew Brislin A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to serve on staff at Sawyerville. For those who may not be familiar with this ministry of our diocese, it is a day camp that the Diocese of Alabama has hosted in Hale County for […]
June 15, 2025 – Trinity Sunday
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-25 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Spoiler alert: I’m not going to explain the Trinity to you today. Mostly because—I’ll be honest—I don’t really know what it is. Maybe that’s more of a confession than a spoiler, but I’d argue that anyone who claims to fully understand the […]
June 8, 2025 – Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:25-35, 37; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17,(25-27) The Rev. Drew Brislin Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?” Happy Pentecost, everyone! I don’t know if that’s an official greeting, but there it is. […]
June 1, 2025 – 7th Sunday of Easter
Acts 16:16-34; Psalm 97; Revelation 22:12-24, 16-17, 20-21; John 17:20-26 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer A People of the Prayer Book As Episcopalians, we are a people of a prayer book. This doesn’t negate our grounded-ness in scripture—I mean, it’s amazing how often the Bible quotes the Book of Common Prayer! But in truth, the Prayer […]
May 25, 2025 – 6th Sunday in Easter
Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer The world is not a safe place. It never has been. Oh, we may feel relatively safe—safe enough to complain about crime, poor education, the stock market, or the latest news. We call it a dangerous world from the comfort of our […]
May 11, 2025 – 4th Sunday in Easter
Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Superman was the first superhero movie I ever saw. I still remember that opening scene where a young Clark Kent outruns a speeding train and then gets in trouble for it as his parents warn him not to show off. But my favorite […]