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Belief in God in a Chaotic World
2ND SUNDAY OF EASTER. April 12, 2026 Year A, John 20: 19-31 Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, NLR Michael Mitchell, Lay Assistant Life for early followers of Jesus was often chaotic and dangerous. It wasn’t just a matter of believing and practicing a new religion. Repeatedly we are told the disciples hid in locked rooms to avoid the Jewish religious authorities. As Jesus had been killed, they expected to be hunted down and executed as well. When the Christian message began leaving Jerusalem out into the Roman world, early followers were persecuted in the Synagogues. And in the wider world, Rome was the authority on religious practice and expected its populations to follow the state religious beliefs. To follow Jesus and live the life he...
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Sunday Morning Worship:
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM: Worship Service (No Music) Streamed on YouTube
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Choir Call
10:30 AM: Children’s Chapel
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Worship Service (Choir) Streamed on YouTube
Wednesday Healing Prayer:
12:00 PM Rite II with anointing for the sick
Thursday Evening Prayer:
5:00 PM w/ Mark Holst (on FB)
Recent Sermons
The Lawyer Asks a Question
Years ago, I found myself in Reno, Nevada. I don’t recall exactly why I was there but I do recall what I did one evening while I was there. I went to one of the clubs to see Don Rickles. He invited a couple in the audience to come forward. I think they were from New...
Job: I Dont Know What the Future Holds, But I Know Who Holds the Future
Proper 25B’21 24 October 2021 Job 42 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> O God all-knowing, grant us your grace to trust in your goodness especially when our vision is clouded by darkness; and ever remind us, that...
Job: God Provides Better Questions Than Answers
Proper 24’21 (Feast of St. Luke) 17 October 2021 Job 38.1-7, 34-41 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> Almighty God, you heal the brokenhearted, are great in power and unlimited in wisdom: Grant us eyes to see, ears...
Job: Dark Night of the Soul
Proper 23B’21 10 October 2021 Job 23.1-9,16-17 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church North Little Rock, Arkansas The Rev. Carey Stone <+> “Darkness is not dark to you, O Lord; the night is as bright as the day; darkness and light to you are both alike.” Amen. -From the...
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...