Archive for 2015
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 13, 2015 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. Comedian George Burns once said that the secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 6, 2015 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. Was there ever a time in your life when you were desperate for help? When you didn’t know to whom to turn or how […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 30, 2015 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. Religious Differences. That’s what is at the core of the heated discussion in this Gospel. The conflict revolves around an occasion when Jesus was […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 23, 2015 Let us pray. Take our lives, and let them be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; Take our moments and our days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise. Amen. In eighth grade, after several years […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of St. Mary the Virgin — August 16, 2015 The rector was invited to attend a party in the home of one of her parishioners. Naturally, she was properly dressed and wore her priest clerical collar. A little boy kept […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost — August 9, 2015 (This sermon was given on Vince Edward’s last Sunday as St. Paul’s Director of Music after twelve years of wonderful ministry with us.) May our hearts be filled with the glory of God, […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 2, 2015 Let us pray. Take our lives and let them be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; Take our moments and our days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise. Amen. The Israelites were hungry. They had […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost — July 26, 2015 In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. The Jerusalem Gazette splashed the intriguing headline all over the front page: Miracle Feeding by local Rabbi Astonishes Thousands. Social Media was all a […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost — July 19, 2015 Let us pray. Take our lives and let them be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; Take our moments and our days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise. Amen. As the temperatures begin to boil […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost — July 12, 2015 In the Name of God: Creater, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen Well, well, well. That was a cheerful Gospel story, wasn’t it? What on earth are we supposed to learn from a grisly account […]
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