May 3, 2020: The Fourth Sunday of Easter, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
There are events and people in history that we consider great. There’s the Great Depression, Alexander the Great, The Greatest Generation, The Great Wall of China, The Great Gatsby—maybe not so much that last one—but you get the gist. We associate particular events, people, even places with the word “great” because they mean something more […]
April 26, 2020: The Third Sunday of Easter, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
I don’t know about you, but the road to Emmaus feels a lot longer this year. Looking back over the last six weeks of social distancing and quarantine, I did not have a true appreciation for what it would mean to “stay-at-home” and close down all non-essential businesses. Sure, its produced some great memes and […]
April 19, 2020: The Second Sunday of Easter, Rev. Candice B. Frazer
“Peace be with you.” The first words Jesus utters to his disciples upon his resurrection are words of peace. The first words Jesus offers to the one who doubts are words of peace. Even before his death, Jesus gave his disciples words of peace, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.” […]
April 11, 2020: Easter Vigil, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
It is tradition to preach the Paschal or Easter sermon of John Chrysostom at the Easter Vigil. This custom was begun in the very early years of the church and maintained in the Orthodox tradition. That makes since as Chrysostom was the Archbishop of Constantinople which would retain its orthodoxy after the schism with the […]
April 12, 2020: Easter Sunday, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
Alleluia! He is Risen! Easter Day has come at last. Though I know in my heart it is Easter, I’m not sure what day of the week it is most of the time anymore. My calendar has been turned on its head and I am pretty sure most of yours have been as well. When […]
April 10, 2020: Good Friday, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
The work of death—that’s what many of us think Good Friday is. It is the day Jesus died, the day that death seemed to have claimed victory, the day the tomb is sealed and all of our hopes seemed doomed. It is a day of doubt and darkness. Death enters in this day and that […]
April 9, 2020: Maundy Thursday, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
I wonder what love really looks like? So often I think we are drawn to the idea that love looks like a touch or a gift or a hug—an outward expression of affection. But unless that outward expression is driven from an internal recognition and desire that love is about setting aside one’s self for […]
April 5, 2020: Palm Sunday, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
It was a sun-soaked afternoon. People had been lining the streets for hours with more and more joining them as the day stretched on. The excitement and fervor of the day’s events and the merriment of the folks lining the streets encouraged a sense of joy and hope and good tidings for all. Strangers and […]
March 29, 2020: The Fifth Sunday in Lent, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
What is sacrifice? Where does our faith really lie? Why is it so much easier to live in doubt and darkness, fear and fright, rather than hope and trust? These are the questions I have often asked myself in times that were good and not so good. But they were never the questions I thought […]
March 22, 2020: The Fourth Sunday in Lent, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
“Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil.” I’ve spent some time this week thinking about mortality. I’m betting you have too. I haven’t been thinking about my own mortality so much as how death seems to have become a part of life in a much more cultural […]