Hocus Focus

Proper 27C’25 9 November 2025 II Thessalonians 2.1-5;13-17 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> May our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us, and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good...

Observing All Saint’s Sunday

Michael Mitchell From Luke 6: 20-31 All Saint’s Sunday Today is All Saint’s Sunday, the day after All Saint’s Day. Today we commemorate all the Saints in Christian history and all Christians who have gone before us, and those who have followed Jesus Christ in our own...

God’s Job is Above our Paygrade

Proper 25C’25 26 October 2025 Luke 18.9-14 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone<+> “All who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted…God, be merciful to me, a sinner.” Amen -Luke...

Remembering and Honoring St. Luke

Proper 24C’25 {St. Luke’s Day transferred} 19 October 2025 Luke 4.14-21 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> For Luke, beloved physician, {evangelist, and artist,} all praise, whose gospel shows the healer of the...

Gratitude: the Antidote for Envy

Proper 23C’25 12 October 2025 Luke 17. 11-19 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> “Thou that hast given so much to me, give one thing more, a grateful heart:” In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy...

Jesus, Increase our Faith

10/5/2025 Luke 17:5-7 Michael Mitchell Luke tells us about a conversation between the disciples and Jesus where they ask Jesus to increase their faith. It comes in the context of a group of sayings about things Jesus says the disciples will need to be able to do....