The Lawyer Asks a Question

Years ago, I found myself in Reno, Nevada. I don’t recall exactly why I was there but I do recall what I did one evening while I was there. I went to one of the clubs to see Don Rickles. He invited a couple in the audience to come forward. I think they were from New...

Job: God Provides Better Questions Than Answers

Proper 24’21 (Feast of St. Luke) 17 October 2021 Job 38.1-7, 34-41 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> Almighty God, you heal the brokenhearted, are great in power and unlimited in wisdom: Grant us eyes to see, ears...

Job: Dark Night of the Soul

Proper 23B’21 10 October 2021 Job 23.1-9,16-17 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> “Darkness is not dark to you, O Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to you are both alike.” Amen. -From the...

Job: When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Proper 22B’21 3 October 2021 Job 1.1; 2.1-10 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone  O God, you have overcome the world and its tribulations through your blessed Son: May we cling to you and your promise to be with us, that...

Masks, Shots, and Milagros

Proper 21B’21 26 September 2021 Jas. 5.13-20; Mk.9.38-50 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and...