May 24, 2026 – The Day of Pentecost
Acts 1:6-1Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:25-35, 37; I Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Growing up, my sister and I had plenty of fights. When we were little, they were typically over toys. As we grew older, they became about clothes, using the phone, who was right and who was wrong—just about anything. […]
May 17, 2026 – 7th Sunday of Easter
Acts 1:6-14 The Rev. David Hall Some years ago, Phyllis and I watched every episode of God Friended Me on CBS. It was the story of God and Facebook and a young man named Miles Finer who doesn’t believe even though – in the story – his father is the Episcopal Bishop of New York City. Then one […]
May 10, 2026 – 6th Sunday of Easter
Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:7-18; I Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer There are 613 commandments in Torah—the book of the law in Judaism. They include everything from not wearing clothing made of mixed fibers—goodbye polyester—to not combining milk and meat—so no cheeseburgers—to prohibitions against disrespecting your parents or adultery, both of which carry […]
May 3, 2026 – 5th Sunday of Easter
John 14:1-14 The Rev. David Hall Last week, I thought I was lost. Phyllis and I were in Champaign, Illinois visiting my mother for her 94th birthday. On Saturday, we went hiking on the Allerton Trails which wind through a beautiful wooded area and beside the Sangamon River near Monticello, Illinois. We were near the end of the […]
April 26, 2026 – 4th Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 23; I Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer The shepherd has served as an image of leadership in Scripture since the time of Moses. As you may remember, when Moses fled Egypt, he came upon a well in the land of Midian, where he met his future wife, Zipporah. Zipporah’s […]
April 19, 2026 – 3rd Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:14a,36-41; Psalm 116:1-3,10-17; I Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer The Righteous Gemstones is an HBO television series that parodies the modern tele-evangelical movement. In the opening scene of the first episode, Eli Gemstone, a megachurch pastor, and his two sons are hosting a 24-hour baptism marathon in a wave pool in Chengdu, […]
March 22, 2026 – Fifth Sunday in Lent
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Many of us have been reading The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis and listening to David’s podcast series exploring its themes of grace and judgment. And perhaps, along the way, we have discovered one of the book’s quiet secrets: nearly everyone who […]
March 15, 2026 – Fourth Sunday in Lent
Collect, Ephesians 5:8-14 The Rev. David Hall For 3 years, our daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We would visit them 2 to 3 times a year. Buenos Aires is about the size of Los Angeles and there are lots of Churches. So on one visit, Phyllis, Stefanie, and I decided to go on […]
March 8, 2026 – Third Sunday in Lent
Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Since the age of eight, she had come to the well every day to draw water. When she was little, she took the responsibility very seriously, which is why her mother soon gave her the job. She knew how important water was for […]
March 1, 2026 – Second Sunday in Lent
Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer As a child, I remember my friends talking about being “born again.” I didn’t understand what they meant. I was Roman Catholic at the time, and in my experience, one did not get “born again” at church—or anywhere else. My friends tried […]