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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday of Advent – December 8, 2013 The blessing of God, the creator and savior of humankind is upon us with peace and with promise. Amen. A posting on a church-related blog says, “Advent is the Rodney Dangerfield of […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday of Advent – December 1, 2013 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier. Amen. The priest was being honored on the occasion of his 25th anniversary as pastor of the church. A huge dinner had been in […]
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Sermon preached by Peter Thompson, Seminarian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday after Pentecost – November 24, 2013 Take our lives and let them be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee. Take our moments and our days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise. Amen. Today we celebrate the Feast of Christ King, on […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – November 17, 2013 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. This Gospel, taken at face value, is pretty scary. Some of the experiences mentioned in it—nation taking on nation, earthquakes, famine, viruses without […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – November 10, 2013 In the name of the living God with whom and in whom all things are alive. Amen. Two old men had been best friends for years, and they both live to their […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Observance of the Feast of All Saints’ – November 3, 2013 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. She answered the doorbell that windy Halloween night to find a little boy about four years old wearing a Superman […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost – October 27, 2013 May God spread the feast before the world, may Christ Jesus invite us all to come and may the Spirit join us all into the wonder of human community. Amen. Viktor Frankl, […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost – October 20, 2013 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. A parable is a lot like a present someone gives us, perhaps a little gold gilded box. Jesus gave the parables to us […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost – October 13, 2013 * The first part of this sermon is somewhat of a paraphrase of a reflection by Steve Phifer, a Worship Arts Evangelist “They found each other, these ten lepers…They drifted from garbage […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – October 6, 2013 In the Name of the Living God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. I was in the city last week. Now that I no longer live there – no longer have to deal with […]
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