Sunday, August 13, 2023 – Pentecost 11
I Kings 19:9-18; Psalm 85:8-13; Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer In the name of the One Holy and Undivided Trinity. Amen Jesus and Moses head out to fish. They are about to rent a canoe when Moses says: “Jesus, can’t you still walk on water? Why not just walk out there?” So Jesus takes […]
Sunday, July 23, 2023 – Pentecost 8
Isaiah 44:6-8; Psalm 86:11-17; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Storytelling has always been a significant part of every culture. It is how we share our traditions, how we learn, and it is how we shape society. Jesus understood the power of stories in helping people to reframe their context. His parables were not meant […]
Sunday, July 2, 2023 – Pentecost 5
Jeremiah 28:5-9; Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer My favorite childhood story book was The Tales of Winnie the Pooh. I love Pooh Bear and Tigger and Rabbit and all of those wonderful inhabitants of The Hundred Acre Wood. Hearing about their adventures, Pooh’s obsession with honey, Rabbit’s paranoia, Eeyore’s pessimism, and […]
Sunday, June 18, 2023 – Pentecost 3
Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Between the years of 1830 and 1850, an estimated 60,000 Native Americans along with a few white sympathizers were removed from the Southeast and forced to relocate in the mid-West. We know that as the Trail of Tears—a five-thousand-mile trek. Most of the Indians forcibly […]
Sunday, June 4, 2023 – Trinity Sunday
Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Psalm 8; II Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Our world has devolved into one of division and despair. At least that is our common perception. We live in a time of angst and anxiety that has difficulty pointing toward a hopeful future, one filled with possibility and promise. Instead, we look back and […]
Sunday, May 14, 2023 – Easter 6
Acts 17:22-31; Psalm 66:7-18; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer In the early 1940s a young GI wrote to his sister from overseas. He was homesick and weary of the war, though he knew its necessity and importance. Trying hard to overcome a despair that might easily catch him unawares, he spoke of […]
Sunday, May 7, 2023 – Easter 5
Acts 7:55-60; Psalm 31:1-5,15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Stephen Is not one of the original disciples. He seems to have converted after Jesus’ ascension. He knows the Jewish story well and when challenged by the religious authority, retells the story of the Patriarchs pointing out the failings of man while highlighting […]
Sunday, April 9, 2023 – Easter Sunday
Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Colossians 3:1-4; Matthew 28:1-10 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer He is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! Easter is a joyous and triumphant occasion of celebration and good cheer. And rightly so—it is the day when we declare Jesus’ defeat over death and sin. The early Church Fathers declared it the day God played […]
Sunday, April 2, 2023 – Palm Sunday
Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew’s Passion The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Palm Sunday to Passion Sunday—we take the single most impactful event of Jesus’ life and ministry and squash it into this one day. It starts out pretty good—Jesus comes riding in on a donkey. And since we are reading Matthew’s Gospel—we get to imagine […]
Sunday, March 19, 2023 – Lent 4
I Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Several years ago, before I even thought about going to seminary and becoming a priest, I was a youth minister at St. Paul’s in Selma. One particular group of teens had grown up with Harry Potter and we had woven the series into […]