Pentecost: Shockwave of the Spirit

Pentecost C’25 “The Feast of Pentecost” 8 June 2025 Acts 2 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> O Holy Spirit bearer of the cataclysmic creative power of Love: Come down once again and bring new life, filled with...

What I must do to be saved?

“Though the cords of the wicked entangle me, I do not forget your law. At midnight I will rise to give you thanks… [Psalm 119 v61-62] From Psalm 119. About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them....

Step 6: Do You Want To Be Well?

Easter 6C’25 25 May 2025 Ps.67; John 5.1-9 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> O God our healer, stir within us a desire for our own healing of body, mind, and spirit and for the healing of others; be merciful to us...

Does God Ever Change God’s Mind?

Easter 5C’25 18 May 2025 Acts 11.1-18 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> O God, give us the eyes of faith to see You in the faces of our neighbors; the wisdom to drop our labels, stereotypes and judgments, and the...

The God Who Restores the Fallen

Easter 3C’25 4 May 2025 John 21.1-19 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> Oh God of second, third, fourth, and fifth chances give us the faith to get back up and to try again. Amen. I committed my first crime at the...

Pope Francis a Servant of Christ’s Kingdom

Easter 2C’25 27 April 2025 Acts 5.27-32; Rev.1.4-8 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. Amen. -Revelation 1.8 NRSV...