The Smell of Life “The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments.  On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.  But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went...

Rev. Dr. Frazier Norton Odom July 23, 1937 - April 20, 2021 The Rev. Dr. Frazier Norton Odom was born to the late John Quincy and Mabel (Clausell) Odom on 23 July 1937 in Buena Vista, Alabama. He was baptized as a child at Macedonia Baptist Church in Birmingham (Ensley), Alabama in...

New Easter Outfits “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” Galatians 3:27 Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, many women would purchase hats in the Spring time.  They could wear their new hat on Derby Day, but also on Easter. It was not just a time for women...

Holy Baptism and the Easter Season “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might...

Hope Springs Eternal?  No, A Living and Eternal Hope “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3 Opening day of the...