August 16, 2026 – Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 45:1-15; Psalm 133; Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32; Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer I spent this past week with a group of women from seminary. Every year we go on retreat somewhere and talk about life, God, prayer, our churches, families, and whatever else comes up. We eat, laugh, and try to […]
August 9, 2026 – Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28; Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22, 45b; Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Plato wrote that “Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.” Plato believed that music could cultivate both virtue and vice. Some music inspires […]
July 19, 2026 – Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 28:10-19a; Psalm 139: 1-11, 22-23; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Someone once said that a weed is simply a plant growing where you don’t want it. What one person considers beautiful, another person sees as a nuisance. As a child, I loved dandelions. I would blow all the fluffy seeds into […]
July 12, 2026 – Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 25:19-34; Psalm 119:105-112; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer History can be troubling. Consider the founding fathers of America. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison all owned enslaved people—hundreds of them. Thomas Jefferson even fathered several children with one of the women he enslaved, Sally Hemings, who was also his […]
July 5, 2026 – Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67; Psalm 45:11-18; Romans 7:15-25; Matthew 11:6-9, 25-30 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer In his book, All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum offers a list of sixteen things that he learned: 1. Share everything. 2. Play fair. 3. Don’t hit people. 4. Put things back where you found them. 5. CLEAN UP YOUR […]
June 21, 2026 – Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 21:8-21; Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17; Romans 6:1-11; Matthew 10:24-39 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer My mother owned and operated a dance studio for much of her life. When I was a teenager, I worked as one of her assistant dance instructors. I loved teaching the pre-K classes. The little girls arrived dressed in pink leotards with […]
June 14, 2026 – Third Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 18:1-15 (21-27); Psalm 116:1,10-17; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8(9-23) The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Some of you may remember Banshee—or “Church Dog,” as many called her. She was a Catahoula-hound mix who loved coming to church with me, getting treats, barking at boats in the bay at Orange Beach, going for runs, and just about anything […]
June 7, 2026 – Second Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 12:1-9; Psalm 33:1-12; Romans 4:13-25; Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer In seminary, I was required to complete an internship as part of my formation for the priesthood. Steve and I visited several churches trying to determine what might be a good fit. We went to very large churches and tiny ones and […]
May 31, 2026 – Trinity Sunday
Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer The book Three Bags Full, recently made into a movie, The Sheep Detectives, is set in the picturesque village of Denbrook. There, a shepherd by the name of George Hardy tends his flock. He makes sure they are well fed, cares for their illnesses, […]
May 24, 2026 – The Day of Pentecost
Acts 1:6-1Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:25-35, 37; I Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Growing up, my sister and I had plenty of fights. When we were little, they were typically over toys. As we grew older, they became about clothes, using the phone, who was right and who was wrong—just about anything. […]