March 24, 2019: The Third Sunday in Lent, The Rev. Candice Frazer
My neighbors have a row of fig trees in their yard right next to the road. Every summer when I walk by, I notice a sign in the yard that says, “Free figs, you pick.” Their fig trees are typically laden with the fruit and when picked at the right time, it is sweet and […]
March 17, 2019: The Second Sunday in Lent, The Rev. Candice Frazer
The crack of lightning was terrifying and the accompanying boom of thunder left everything still and silent in its wake–it was as if the entire forest was afraid to move. The silence didn’t last for more than a few seconds when the creatures who lived there resumed their scurrying to find shelter from the rain—the […]
March 10, 2019: The First Sunday in Lent, The Rev. Candice Frazer
I’m not sure we do a good job of remembering anymore—we might share the stories of a generation or two, but few of us continue to share the stories of how our ancestors came to be in this country and the challenges and joys they may have known. Instead, we are much more likely to […]
March 6, 2019: Ash Wednesday, The Rev. Candice Frazer
A couple of years ago, I read the life-changing magic of tidying up by Marie Kondo. The advice throughout the book was not only practical, but inspiring—and I don’t mean simply that kind of inspiring that makes you want to go clean your house, it was partly that but also soul-inspiring. Just reading the book […]
February 24, 2019: The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, The Rev. Candice Frazer
Many of you remember Judge Roy Moore’s Ten Commandment monument that he placed in the rotunda of the Alabama Justice building in July of 2001. Prior to his term as an Alabama Supreme Court Justice, Moore had served as a circuit court judge where he displayed a wooden plaque with the Ten Commandments behind his […]
February 17, 2019: The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, The Rev. Candice Frazer
What does it mean to be blessed and what might it mean to be cursed? We spend a lot of time counting our blessings but rarely do we consider that which might curse us. And that makes sense—who wants to think about being cursed in any way? We might lament after a string of bad […]
February 10, 2019: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, The Rev. Candice Frazer
After the 1995 release of Toy Story, Disney Pixar released a cartoon series based on everyone’s favorite astronaut, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. In an episode entitled, Haunted Moon, Buzz and his crew are sent to assist a crew that is trying to deflect a comet heading straight toward a peaceful planet. The mission is […]
January 27, 2019: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, The Rev. Candice Frazer
In Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, he helps the Church to begin to define her understanding of how to be in the world. It is one of those descriptions that will stay with her and continue to define her as the Church grows and matures. That description of the Church as the body of Christ […]
January 20, 2019: The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, The Rev. Candice Frazer
Most of us are familiar with the wedding feast at Cana and Jesus’ first miracle. It’s a sweet and fun sort of miracle—easy to understand and joyous. John starts us off with something relatable and simple. We aren’t jumping right in to exorcisms of demons, healing the sick, or raising the dead. Instead we hear […]
January 13, 2019: The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Rev. Candice Frazer
The book of the Acts of the Apostles describes the story of how the mission of the apostles shifted focus from the Jews to the conversion of Gentiles. We get a brief glimpse of this work in today’s reading from Acts. Phillip, the first travelling evangelist, has converted Gentiles in the region of Samaria. If […]