December 15, 2019: The Third Sunday of Advent, The Rev. Candice Frazer

Last week we heard John the Baptist crying out in the wilderness words like “Repent!” and “You brood of vipers!”  Words of judgment and condemnation for a people who had fallen away from the Lord; a people who had lost their hope, allowed their religious practices to become a prison instead of broadening their freedom, […]

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 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.  […]