April 5, 2026 – Easter Sunday
Jeremiah 31:1-6; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 28:1-10 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer He is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! I don’t remember when, but at some point in my childhood I realized my father was, in fact, the Easter Bunny. You would never have thought that to be true if you met him. He was […]
March 29, 2026 – Palm Sunday
Matthew 21:1-11 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Most of us believe we can’t get to Easter Sunday without a Good Friday. That is, in part, why we read the Passion today instead of simply focusing on Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. But I wonder if we might be a little misguided in that belief. Granted, there […]
March 22, 2026 – Fifth Sunday in Lent
Ezekiel 37:1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Many of us have been reading The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis and listening to David’s podcast series exploring its themes of grace and judgment. And perhaps, along the way, we have discovered one of the book’s quiet secrets: nearly everyone who […]
March 8, 2026 – Third Sunday in Lent
Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Since the age of eight, she had come to the well every day to draw water. When she was little, she took the responsibility very seriously, which is why her mother soon gave her the job. She knew how important water was for […]
March 1, 2026 – Second Sunday in Lent
Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer As a child, I remember my friends talking about being “born again.” I didn’t understand what they meant. I was Roman Catholic at the time, and in my experience, one did not get “born again” at church—or anywhere else. My friends tried […]
February 15, 2026 – Last Sunday After Epiphany
Exodus 24:12-18; Psalm 2; 2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer I grew up Roman Catholic in a Southern Baptist town. If you know anything about the Catholic Church, you know the church liked to motivate with the threat of Purgatory. I remember being told as a child that if you skipped […]
February 1, 2026 – Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; I Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer T. S. Eliot describes the cross as “the still point of the turning world.” It is the place where the vertical and the horizontal meet. In that place, we find hope amidst suffering and peace beyond understanding. It is the cruciform life. […]
January 18, 2026 – Second Sunday After Epiphany
Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-12; I Corinthians 1: 1-9; John 1:29-42 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Corinth was a Greco-Roman city that would have felt strikingly familiar to us. It was cosmopolitan, commercially driven, and deeply shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas. It was a place of opportunity and ambition, where success could be […]
January 11, 2026 – First Sunday After Epiphany
Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Every year on the First Sunday after the Epiphany, we hear the story of Jesus’ baptism. It is a story familiar to all four of the Gospels, and it includes Jesus and John the Baptist as its central figures. The account also […]
December 24, 2025 – Christmas Eve
Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer After a tour of Europe, Mark Twain decided to try his hand at historical fiction. He studied English and French history, which eventually led him to write The Prince and the Pauper. Originally, the story was meant for children and set in the Victorian […]