Sunday, January 28, 2024 – Epiphany 4
Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 The Rev. Drew Brislin I brought with me this morning my copy of 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham. Mrs. Windham gave me this book and wrote in it To Andrew Scott, to help you with a ‘spirited start’ on your Alabama history library, Best Kathryn […]
Sunday, January 21, 2024 – Epiphany 3
Jonah 3:1-5,10; Psalm 62:6-14; I Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Years ago, Steve took up cast net fishing. He would practice for hours, dropping the net on the pier and pulling the net up to a point at the center. He would then pick up one edge of the circular rim of weights, […]
Sunday, January 14, 2024 – Epiphany 2
Jonah 3:1-5,10; Psalm 62:6-14; I Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Years ago, Steve took up cast net fishing. He would practice for hours, dropping the net on the pier and pulling the net up to a point at the center. He would then pick up one edge of the circular rim […]
Sunday, January 14, 2024 – Epiphany 2
John 1:43-51 Epiphany is a season of light, a time to reflect on how our hearts and lives can be a light to others. One thing about this light is that it’s not meant for us to keep it to ourselves. We aren’t meant to hide the light away and keep it a secret. It […]
Sunday, January 7, 2024 – Epiphany 1
Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 The Rev. Drew Brislin Many of you have heard me discuss my Baptist upbringings in the past, my baptism, and the subsequent need to answer an altar call so that I could be baptized. What I do not believe I have talked about is why I decided to answer […]
Sunday, December 31, 2023 – Christmas 1B
Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 147:13-21; Galatians 3:23-25,4:4-7; John 1:1-18 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer When I was nine years old, Mount Saint Helens erupted. I remember seeing the explosion on the nightly news and hearing my parents talk about it. I was concerned for the people who had died and the animals and plant life that were now gone. I […]
Sunday, December 10, 2023 – Advent 2
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126; I Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1: 6-8, 19-28 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer When I was a little girl, I remember going to Pilcher McBride Drugs in downtown Selma with my mother. As we walked to the entrance of the store, I noticed a man standing on a box, holding a sign […]
Sunday, December 10, 2023 – Advent 2
Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2,8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 The Rev. Drew Brislin In the name of the One Holy and Undivided Trinity. Amen I love the season of Advent! It is a season of preparation. I know it feels like we started this preparation back in October if not earlier for some, but this is really […]
Sunday, December 3, 2023 – Advent 1
Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7; I Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Sam Wells, an Anglican priest and author and the vicar of St. Martin’s in the Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, says that there are two mistakes we make in how we understand the story the Bible tells us. First we think of the […]
Sunday, November 26, 2023 – Christ the King Sunday
Ezekiel 34:11-16,20-24; Psalm 95:1-7a; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 The Rev. Drew Brislin The season of Christmas movies has kicked into full gear. They seem to be starting them earlier and earlier, even broadcasting new ones during Christmas in July campaigns. While the story lines vary there are inevitably at least one or two if not […]