November 4, 2024 – All Saints’ Sunday
Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21:1-6a; John 11:32-44 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer In the name of the one Holy and Undivided Trinity, Amen. A couple of weeks ago, while I was scrolling through my social media feeds, I came across a meme posted by a friend that was meant to be derogatory toward the other […]
October 6, 2024 – The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
Genesis 2:18-24; Psalm 8; Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12; Mark 10:2-16 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Five star general and U S President, Dwight D. Eisenhower tells a story of a horse he once “owned” named Blackie. Eisenhower had been stationed in Panama and as he was a cavalry man at heart, was allowed to choose a […]
September 29, 2024 – The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Numbers 11:4-6,10-16,24-29; Psalm 19:7-14; James 3:13-4:3,7-8a; Mark 9:30-37 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer There are two kinds of energy in this world—balancing energy and reinforcing energy. Reinforcing energy is energy that supports vision. It is not afraid to try new things and pours energy into the unknown with curiosity. Balancing energy is the kind of […]
September 15, 2024 – The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
17 Pentecost 19B: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 116:1-8; James 3:1-12; Mark 8:27-38 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer In the name of the one Holy and Undivided Trinity, Amen. Caesarea Phillipi was a difficult and somewhat dangerous place for Jesus and his disciples to have a conversation about his identity. It was outside of the Galilean district, way up […]
September 8, 2024 – The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17; Mark 7:24-37 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer In the name of the one Holy and Undivided Trinity, Amen. In scripture we read about two men who betray Jesus. One of which is Judas. Judas betrays Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. He turns him in to the […]
August 25, 2024 – The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18; Psalm 34: 9-14; Ephesians 6:10-20; John 6:56-6 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Jesus and Judas–we don’t talk that much about this combination outside of Holy Week mainly because we associate the betrayal of Jesus with the Last Supper and the Garden of Gethsemane when Judas arrives with the Temple authority to arrest […]
August 11, 2024 – The Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
I Kings 19:4-8; Psalm 34:1-8; Ephesians 4:25-5:2; John 6:35, 41-51 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Ephesus was one of the premier cities of Asia Minor—modern day Turkey. It hosted a major economic port, a cultural and intellectual center, and a significantly wealthy population. For an ancient city it knew significant comforts like running water, clean streets, and good […]
July 21, 2024 – The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
Jeremiah 23:1-6, Psalm 23, Ephesians 2:11-22, Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer “They were like sheep without a shepherd” … “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter”… “The Lord is my shepherd.” I wonder if we are catching on to a theme here. The use of shepherding language in the Old Testament is […]
July 14, 2024 – The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Amos 7:7-15; Psalm 85:8-13; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Every so often, as I am sitting in the living room and reading a book, I will begin to hear the high-pitched, scritchy emanations of Joel Osteen. It usually takes a few seconds for the realization to set in—Joel Osteen has somehow wandered into […]
June 30, 2024 – The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
Lamentations 3:21-33; Psalm 30; II Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Marquese wanted to be known as Mark. It wasn’t that he was ashamed of his name, on the contrary, he was rather proud of it and proud of his mother who had named him Marquese. But he did feel that “quese” made him sound […]