December 1, 2019: The First Sunday of Advent, The Rev. Candice Frazer
The cycles or rhythms of the natural world help us to orient to time, help us to take comfort in their continuity, and offer us a peaceful presence in which to engage our hope. As one season passes into another, we too are brought along with the world finding ourselves growing into maturity and change. […]
November 24, 2019: Christ the King Sunday, The Rev. Candice Frazer
I have a birthmark in the shape of a crown on my inner ankle. When I was a little girl, I would daydream that the mark meant I was royalty and one day a messenger would come and tell me that I was actually a princess and I would get to go live in a […]
November 10, 2019: The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. John Bagby
November 17, 2019: The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. John Bagby
November 3, 2019: The Sunday after All Saints Day, The Rev. Candice Frazer
I grew up a Roman Catholic. We went to mass every Sunday or Saturday night—but never missed a week. As a Catholic, I was taught about the Communion of Saints. The understanding that there were those who had walked this earth and now lived in heaven but might still intercede for me, if I asked. […]
October 27, 2019: The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. John Bagby
October 20, 2019: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Mr. Drew Brislin
October 13, 2019: The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
Best day/worst day of my church life: When I was eight years old in second grade, I celebrated my first communion. My family was Roman Catholic at the time and in the Catholic Church, you didn’t get to take communion until you had completed First Communion class in second grade. My classmates and I had […]
October 6, 2019: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. John Bagby
September 29, 2019: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
Several years ago before I went to seminary and we still lived in Selma, I was standing in line at Wal-Mart. I had made the mistake of coming on “check day”, the third of the month. The lines were long and many of the people there were buying groceries that would last for a month—bags […]