March 3, 2024 – Third Sunday in Lent
Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; I Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Few people have had such profound influence on Anglicanism as Thomas Cranmer. Cranmer is credited with writing the first and second Books of Common Prayer—the first for Henry VIII and the second in the time of his son, Edward VI. Though Henry had Cranmer […]
February 18, 2024 – First Sunday in Lent
Genesis 9:8-17; Psalm 25:1-9; I Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:9-15 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Back in the 80s, when MTV actually showed music videos, there was a song whose background chorus kept repeating, “I want my MTV.” It was a dumb song—no disrespect to Dire Straights—that really didn’t have anything to say other than a repeated lament […]
February 14, 2024 – Ash Wednesday
Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 103:8-14; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer I know today is the start of Lent, but I already have a confession to make. It is a “dirty” little secret that I carry on my heart. One of those hidden pleasures that you know you shouldn’t really take part in […]
Sunday, February 11, 2024 – Last Epiphany
2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Timing is everything. As a story-telling device it furthers the suspense. Boy meets girl, girl falls for boy, boy falls for girl and they keep waiting for just the right time to express their feelings missing opportunity after opportunity until finally, the […]
Sunday, January 21, 2024 – Epiphany 3
Jonah 3:1-5,10; Psalm 62:6-14; I Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Years ago, Steve took up cast net fishing. He would practice for hours, dropping the net on the pier and pulling the net up to a point at the center. He would then pick up one edge of the circular rim of weights, […]
Sunday, January 14, 2024 – Epiphany 2
Jonah 3:1-5,10; Psalm 62:6-14; I Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Years ago, Steve took up cast net fishing. He would practice for hours, dropping the net on the pier and pulling the net up to a point at the center. He would then pick up one edge of the circular rim […]
Sunday, December 31, 2023 – Christmas 1B
Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Psalm 147:13-21; Galatians 3:23-25,4:4-7; John 1:1-18 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer When I was nine years old, Mount Saint Helens erupted. I remember seeing the explosion on the nightly news and hearing my parents talk about it. I was concerned for the people who had died and the animals and plant life that were now gone. I […]
Sunday, December 10, 2023 – Advent 2
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126; I Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1: 6-8, 19-28 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer When I was a little girl, I remember going to Pilcher McBride Drugs in downtown Selma with my mother. As we walked to the entrance of the store, I noticed a man standing on a box, holding a sign […]
Sunday, December 3, 2023 – Advent 1
Isaiah 64:1-9; Psalm 80:1-7; I Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Sam Wells, an Anglican priest and author and the vicar of St. Martin’s in the Fields in Trafalgar Square, London, says that there are two mistakes we make in how we understand the story the Bible tells us. First we think of the […]
Sunday, November 19, 2023 – Pentecost 25
Zephaniah 1:7,12-18; Psalm 90:1-8, 12; I Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer I had a friend in high school whose father gave him the equivalent of his college tuition and a choice. He could invest his money and pay for college, invest it and keep it, or spend it and not go to college. My […]