The Risen Christ During Lockdown

Easter 2C ‘22 24 April 2022 John 20.19-31 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone Risen Lord, may we like Thomas, not be content with a second-hand faith, but hold out for a first-hand experience of genuine faith and the depths of...

Easter Day

Easter Day C’22 17 April 2022 Acts 10.34-43; Ps 118 I Cor. 15.19-26; Lk.24.1-12 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and giving life to those in the tomb....

Good Friday

Who hath believed our report: And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? …He hath no form or comeliness… He is despised and rejected of men; A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief… He was despised and we esteemed Him not… Surely, He hath borne our griefs… He...

How Shall I Repay the Lord?

Maundy Thursday   I love the Lord, because he has heard the voice of my supplication, Because he has inclined his ear to me… How shall I repay Him…   For some reason or other – and I don’t remember exactly why – as I was preparing this message – I recalled a...

God is Doing A New Thing

Lent 5C’22 3 April 2022 Is.43.16-21; Ph.3.4b-14 John 12.1-8 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> “Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do; forgetting what lies behind and...

The Prodigal Son, Again

…while he was still far off, his father saw his son and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. Even though a young man he had the look of an unhappy life. He may have been an “outside child” – the child of a man outside...