August 18, 2019: The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
There is already too much division in the world, so when Jesus starts talking about bringing fire to the earth and division and then calls me out for not knowing how to interpret the present time, I get a little put off. I get to thinking I have enough people haranguing and judging me for […]
August 11, 2019: The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
There is a scene in the last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in which Harry and Hermione are in the graveyard in Godric’s Hollow searching for Harry’s parents’ graves. As they search amongst the tombstones in the darkness, they come across the grave of Albus Dumbledore’s mother and sister. The epitaph […]
August 4, 2019: The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
Several years ago, I took a group of thirty teenagers and adults on a mission trip to Trinidad. On one of our R and R days (Rest and Relaxation), we went to Maracas Beach. As we were swimming in the bay, we came upon hundreds and hundreds of sand dollars about six feet below the […]
June 21, 2019: The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
I have a chore chart on the side of my fridge that tells me what household tasks to do on particular days. On Mondays I vacuum and wash towels. On Tuesdays I change the bedding and wash the sheets. On Wednesdays I dust and wash darks. On Thursdays I clean bathrooms and wash whites. On […]
June 30, 2019: The Third Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
July 14, 2019: The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
In the Parable of the Good Samaritan that we read today we hear the story of three people who come across a man lying in the ditch alongside the road, having been robbed, beaten, and left for dead. The first two good Jewish men—a priest and a Levite—see the man but pass by on the […]
July 7, 2019: The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
We often have a somewhat dualistic take away of the experiences of our lives. We are accepted or rejected, successful or failures, good or bad, right or wrong, you get the gist. That dualism is not only how we define our own experiences, but is the lens we use to find meaning in life. Since […]
June 23, 2019: The Second Sunday after Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
In first century Judea and the surrounding countryside there was constant conflict. There was in fighting amongst the various sects of Jews, raids back and forth between Gentiles and Jews, and military action of the occupying forces of Rome. The area was a hotbed of unrest and angst that led to violent and bloody outbreaks […]
June 9, 2019: The Day of Pentecost, The Rev. Candice Frazer
In March of 2018, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry got a call from a member of his staff that the Archbishop of Canterbury’s office had called and would like Bishop Curry to preach at the Royal Wedding of Meaghan Markle and Prince Harry. Bishop Curry’s first reaction was that it was a little too early for […]
June 16, 2019: Trinity Sunday, The Rev. Candice Frazer
In the name of the Triune God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer The book Where the Crawdads Sing, tells the story of Kya, a young girl abandoned at the age of 6 by her mother, then siblings, and finally her father and ostracized by society at large. Though left on her own at a young age, […]