For God So Loved the World

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life… Do you recall a message, a sermon, that you still remember, that sometimes when you recall it you almost re-capture the feeling, the...

Appropriate Anger

 Lent 3B’24 3 March 2024 John 2.13-22 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+>  “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger;” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy...

False Self vs. True Self

Lent 2B’24 25 February 2024 Gen.17.1-16; Mk.8.31-38 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> “If You Die Before You Die, Then You Won’t Die, When You Die.” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the...

Claiming Our Belovedness

Lent IB’24 18 February 2024 Mark 1.9-15 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> God help me to believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is. Amen....

Ash Wednesday Sermon

Ash Wednesday 14 February 2024 II Cor. 5.20b-6.10; Mt.6 1-6,16-21 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> Our days are like the grass; we flourish like a flower of the field; When the wind goes over it, it is gone,...

The Light of His Countenance

Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. Led them up a high mountain apart… Mountains, high places have always seemed special places, even holy places. Ireland has such a place, a holy mountain. Several years...