May 24, 2020: The Seventh Sunday of Easter, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
It was supposed to be a joyous occasion. One in which we celebrate Eucharist—revival style—out on the front lawn with the bishop and Confirmation and a bar-b-que dinner. We should have had pretty table cloths and flowers and a blue grass band. We should have had face painting and bouncy houses and families camped out across the grounds […]
May 3, 2020: The Fourth Sunday of Easter, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
There are events and people in history that we consider great. There’s the Great Depression, Alexander the Great, The Greatest Generation, The Great Wall of China, The Great Gatsby—maybe not so much that last one—but you get the gist. We associate particular events, people, even places with the word “great” because they mean something more […]
April 26, 2020: The Third Sunday of Easter, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
I don’t know about you, but the road to Emmaus feels a lot longer this year. Looking back over the last six weeks of social distancing and quarantine, I did not have a true appreciation for what it would mean to “stay-at-home” and close down all non-essential businesses. Sure, its produced some great memes and […]
April 19, 2020: The Second Sunday of Easter, Rev. Candice B. Frazer
“Peace be with you.” The first words Jesus utters to his disciples upon his resurrection are words of peace. The first words Jesus offers to the one who doubts are words of peace. Even before his death, Jesus gave his disciples words of peace, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.” […]
March 8, 2020: Camp McDowell Sunday – The Rev. Corey Jones
February 23, 2020: The Rev. John Bagby
February 16, 2020: The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
Maria had never left the four block radius in Nashville where she had been born. Her father was a pimp and a drug dealer and her mother was an addict and prostitute. She was in her mid-twenties but wasn’t sure of her exact age. She had gone to elementary school and could read and write […]
February 9, 2020: The Rev. John Bagby
February 2, 2020: The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Rev. Candice Frazer
Old age and hardship had deteriorated what was once a strong and capable body. And now her mind was following suit. The old woman still had more good days than bad when it came to her mental function, but she knew that soon that would no longer be true. She might have been, probably should […]