Spirit is Thicker Than Blood

Proper 5B’21 6 June 2021 1 Sam 8; Ps138; Mk.3.20-35 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone The Lord will make good his purpose for me (and for us): O Lord, your love endures forever; Do not abandon the works of your hands. Amen....

In the year that King Uzziah died…

(First Sunday after Pentecost – Trinity Sunday) (Isaiah 6:1-8; Romans 8:12-17; John 3;1-7)   In the year that King Uzziah died… Sometimes we will hear a song, a melody, maybe sometimes even just a phrase, a collection of words strung together…and it so captures...

Youth Sunday – Pentecost

Youth Sunday/Day of Pentecost 23 May 2021 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas Max Green, Senior 2021 Good morning! Happy Pentecost! I think Pentecost is something we as Episcopalians and a few other denominations celebrate in a big way that maybe...

On The Threshold

Easter 7: Ascension Day (Trans.) 2021 16 May 2021 Acts 1.1-11; Luke 24.44-53 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone Loving God, you sent your Divine Son to earth in human form, that he might gather up all of humanity and present...

Mothers – You are Powerful!

Easter 6B’21 (Mother’s Day) 9 May 2021 I Jn. 5.1-6; Jn.15.9-17 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone Almighty God, Father and Mother of us all, you watch over us as a loving parent: Grant us Wisdom and the courage to follow the...

On the Road to Gaza

Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 8:26-40, I John 4:7-7-21; John 15:1-8; Psalm 22:24-30 In January of 2007 I was part of a Methodist tour to the Holy Land. On one of our last days there we visited the church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Oddly enough, we began our...