Sunday, February 12, 2023 – 6 Epiphany
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Psalm 119:1-8 I Corinthians 3:1-9; Matthew 5:21-37 The Rev. Drew Brislin Whenever I think back on my experiences in scouting, I am inevitably drawn back to the many friendships made during those formative years of my youth. Those friendships were forged in the many communal activities in which we participated which included though not […]
Sunday, February 5, 2023 – 5 Epiphany
Isaiah 58:1-9a, (9b-12); Psalm 112:1-10; I Corinthians 2:1-16; Matthew 5:13-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Whenever Steve and I return home from a trip—be it down to the beach or over to Selma or coming back from Birmingham—and it is after dark, we always make a point to turn down Lawrence St. off the interstate so […]
Sunday, January 29, 2023 – 4 Epiphany
Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15 I Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 The Rev. Drew Brislin There is a quote from The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that comes from an interview he gave just months before his assassination in which he says, “It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, […]
Sunday, January 22, 2023 – 3 Epiphany
Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 5-13; I Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer One need only turn on the news, open the paper, or click a few keys on the keyboard to learn of the next disastrous event happening in the world. Unfortunately, the last couple of weeks has hit home to many of […]
Sunday, January 8, 2023 – 1 Epiphany
Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Every so often, when Steve and I are watching tv, he will flip through the channels while I’m reading a book or playing with my phone and stop on Joel Olsteen. Now Steve doesn’t particularly like to watch Joel Olsteen, what he enjoys […]
Sunday, January 1, 2023 – Lessons & Carols
Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 8; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:15-21 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Most of us remember the Grimms brothers’ fairy tale in which a mean, little gnome spins straw into gold for a beautiful peasant girl on the condition that she give him her first-born child. Once the girl, now a queen, gives birth […]
Sunday, December 18, 2022 – 4th Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer One of my running app coaches tells me to be fearless. She doesn’t mean fearless as in recklessness or taking unwarranted risks. She is telling me to fear less than my faith. What she means is that I need to “up my faith”—trust the […]
Sunday, December 11, 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 35:1-10; Psalm 146:4-9; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11 The Rev. Drew Brislin “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” John asks this question in our reading this morning. It’s no surprise John has doubt. After all he’s sitting in prison at this point in the Gospel narrative. […]
Sunday, December 4, 2022 – 2nd Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7 Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Many of you know that I like to run several times a week. I use a running app that offers coaching for every run. One of my favorite running coaches on the app tells me it is ok to look back as long as I […]
Sunday, November 27, 2022 – 1st Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 2: 1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Buckle up boys and girls—somebody is getting left behind. That is always my first thought when I hear this passage from Matthew thanks to our pre-millennial-dispensationalist-poorly-interpreted-scripture-made-up-theology of the 21st century. Two are standing together, one is taken and the other is left behind. Words that […]