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 […]
Sunday, November 20, 2022 – Christ the King
Jeremiah 23:1-6; Canticle 16; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43 The Rev. Drew Brislin Why is it that we get this particular reading in our lectionary this morning? Why on this Christ the King Sunday, a day in which we celebrate the kingly nature of our Lord’s life, do we get the account of his crucifixion and death? […]
Sunday, November 13, 2022 – 23rd Sunday of Pentecost
Isaiah 65:17-25; Canticle 9; II Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer I promise that not every sermon I preach will begin with the words, “When I was in the Holy Land…” but I can’t resist a second week of sharing some of that experience and hope that you might indulge me one […]
Sunday, October 30, 2022 – 20th Sunday of Pentecost
Habakkuk 1:1-4,2:1-4; Psalm 119:137-144; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4,11-12; Luke 19:1-10 The Rev. Drew Brislin It is a busy season in the life of the church right now. As the season of Advent and preparation approaches in a few short weeks, the church is currently in a season of reflection. Today many of our Lutheran brothers and […]
Sunday, October 23, 2022 – Nineteenth Sunday of Pentecost
Joel 2:23-34; Psalm 65; 2 Timothy 4:6-8,16-18; Luke 18:9-14 The Rev. Drew Brislin As the beloved creations of God made in his image, we are by nature naturally drawn to relationship with our Creator. Likewise, as beings created in the Father’s image, we are naturally drawn into relationship with one another. Sadly, though our humanity creeps […]
Sunday, October 16, 2022 – Nineteenth Sunday of Pentecost
Jeremiah 31:27-34; Psalm 119:97-104; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5; Luke 18:1-8 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer There is a MASH episode in which Hawkeye gets a pass for some R and R. After putting on a yellow silk shirt under his olive green kaki army jacket, he wrangles a jeep and begins his journey. Not too far from camp, […]