Pip: If you have ever wondered what it looks like when Easter refuses to stay in the past tense, you have come to the right podcast. Mara: This episode draws on a stretch of recent sermons from Reverend Dr. Karen Crawford, covering resurrection hope and what it means to be living stones, the shepherd’s voiceContinue reading “Podcast Episode: Easter Reflections And Unity”
Monthly Archives: May 2026
Everyone!
Meditation on Acts 2:1-21 Reverend Dr. Karen Crawford First Presbyterian Church of Smithtown Pentecost May 24, 2026 I was at our presbytery offices in West Islip this week for a General Assembly training. I am one of two ministers of Word and Sacrament commissioned by the presbytery to go to GA in Milwaukee at theContinue reading “Everyone!”
That They May Be One
Meditation on John 17:1-11 The Reverend Dr. Karen Crawford First Presbyterian Church of Smithtown May 17, 2026 I found out yesterday that May 6th through 12th was National Nurses Week. Maybe you knew that? It always corresponds with the birthday of Florence Nightingale—May 12, 1820. Do you know her amazing story? She was born inContinue reading “That They May Be One”
What About Mary?
Meditation onLuke 24:44-53 Reverend Dr. Karen Crawford First Presbyterian Church of Smithtown Ascension Sunday May 10, 2026 (Mother’s Day) I wrote letters to our Irish relatives yesterday, thanking them for their hospitality while we visited a few weeks ago. As I wrote, I smiled as I remembered my conversation with cousins Margaret and Elizabeth aboutContinue reading “What About Mary?”
What Can Living Stones Do?
Meditation on John 14:1-14 and 1 Peter 2:2-10 Rev. Dr. Karen Crawford First Presbyterian Church of Smithtown, NY Fifth Sunday of Easter May 3, 2026 We had our Presbytery meeting in Cutchogue yesterday. Been to Cutchogue? It was my first time. But the white church reminded me of many of the white wooden churches onContinue reading “What Can Living Stones Do?”
Sharing God's Love and Grace 