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...

But Who Do You Say That I Am?

Who do people say that I am? Who do you say that I am? I did not grow up in the Episcopal Church. I was not like that delightful two-month-old baby – Emily – that was baptized in this very place a week ago. It is our prayer for her that she will have a long and joyful...

Disappointed with God

Proper 16B’21 22 August 2021 Jos.24.1-2a,14-18; Jn.6.56-69 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> “Many are the troubles of the righteous, but the LORD will deliver him out of them all. Amen.”  – Psalm 34.19 In...

Knowledge We Have, Wisdom We Need

Proper 15B’21 15 August 2021 I Kgs 2.10-12; 3.3-14 Eph. 5.15-20; Jn.6.51-58 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone +  “If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be...

Deal Gently

Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord; If you, Lord, were to note what is done amiss, O Lord, who could stand…   On 2 February 1965 I drove down to the National Guard Armory in Texarkana, Arkansas. There I signed my enlistment papers and joined Company...