February 8, 2026 – Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
1 Cor 2:1-12, Matthew 5:13-20 The Rev. David Hall Anyone who has ever come to Church, listened to the scriptures, and received Communion – has likely asked themselves at some point, HOW DOES faith work? We proclaim that WE BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty. But then we read in the Gospels – that no one has […]
February 1, 2026 – Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; I Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer T. S. Eliot describes the cross as “the still point of the turning world.” It is the place where the vertical and the horizontal meet. In that place, we find hope amidst suffering and peace beyond understanding. It is the cruciform life. […]
January 18, 2026 – Second Sunday After Epiphany
Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-12; I Corinthians 1: 1-9; John 1:29-42 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Corinth was a Greco-Roman city that would have felt strikingly familiar to us. It was cosmopolitan, commercially driven, and deeply shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas. It was a place of opportunity and ambition, where success could be […]
January 11, 2026 – First Sunday After Epiphany
Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Every year on the First Sunday after the Epiphany, we hear the story of Jesus’ baptism. It is a story familiar to all four of the Gospels, and it includes Jesus and John the Baptist as its central figures. The account also […]
December 24, 2025 – Christmas Eve
Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer After a tour of Europe, Mark Twain decided to try his hand at historical fiction. He studied English and French history, which eventually led him to write The Prince and the Pauper. Originally, the story was meant for children and set in the Victorian […]
December 21, 2025 – Fourth Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 6-18; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer He had it all planned out: That’s the way things were supposed to work. Of course, there would be challenges ahead—arguments over money, or the kids, or whether or not to pursue that job opportunity. He didn’t think life would be easy, […]
December 14, 2025 – Third Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:4-9; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer John the Baptist is in prison, and he has clearly grown impatient. Maybe he realizes he does not have much longer to live—after all, he will be dead by chapter 14. Maybe he’s simply feeling a little churlish, cooped up behind bars. […]
December 7, 2025 – Second Sunday of Advent
Matthew 3:1-12 The Rev. David Hall I wrote this sermon while watching it snow this week in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I also watched it snow in UPSTATE New York; in Burlington, Vermont; and even at the Christmas Village in Finland. AND I never left our house in Birmingham. Thanks to YouTube – there are cameras in some […]
November 30, 2025 – First Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer I grew up Roman Catholic, so I understand Jesus guilt. That’s the kind of guilt where you are never enough—where your relationship with Jesus always seems to be missing something. Instead of reveling in Jesus’ love for you, you obsess over how much […]
November 16, 2025 – 23rd Sunday After Pentecost
Malachi 4:1-2a; Psalm 98; II Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Order, disorder, reorder: the perpetual circle of life. In the church, we often describe it as creation, death, and resurrection. Mythology recognizes this as the “hero’s journey” framing it as departure, initiation, return. Jung might describe it as moving from a constructed identity, encountering […]