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....

Lazarus’ Need, The Rich Man’s Failure

Luke 16: 19-31 Michael Mitchell September 28, 2025 In today’s Gospel Jesus tells the Pharisees and his disciples a parable in which a rich man lives a life of great luxury. He’s dressed in purple, which in this Roman occupied land, signifies a man of royalty. This man...

Household Rules

Proper 20C’25 21 September 2025 I Tim 2.1-7 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen....

Are You Going to Make it to My Party?

Proper 19C’25 14 September 2025 Luke 15.1-10 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> “Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Amen. from Luke 15.30 Well,...

The Internal Promised Land

Proper 18C’25 7 September 2025 Deuteronomy 30.15-20 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> I have set before you, life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live… Amen. Perhaps...

Preparing to Love More

August 31, 2025 Michael Mitchell From Luke 14:1,7-14 When I was in grade school, during recess my friends and I were part of a group of kids who played games together, and we had teams. All of us wanted to be on one particular leader’s team, and we thought it was a...