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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday in Lent – March 17, 2013 Two Irishmen were sitting in a pub having a beer. Well. It is St. Patrick’s Day, after all. They’re looking out the window at what was a well- known house of ill […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday in Lent – February 24, 2013 Doubt and Fear: Two related constructs, reactions, cognitive-emotional positions. We find both in the Scriptures today and there is good news in the thick of these two stories. In the Hebrew Scripture […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday in Lent – February 17, 2013 The world woke up to rather startling news on Monday morning: the Pope is resigning in two weeks. At 8 pm on February 28, Benedict XVI will no longer rule over the […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday after the Epiphany: The Transfiguration – February 10, 2013 In the name of the living God – our Source, our Strength and our End. This is the last Sunday of the Season After Epiphany, the last Sunday before […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 3, 2013 The blessing of God who creates and renews us, surrounds us with the light of Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen This is a Gospel that requires some […]
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Evensong Homily Preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (transferred) – January 27, 2013 We’re continuing our celebration during this service of Evensong of our patron saint Paul, what Anglican’s call our “Patronal Feast.” As I noted in the sermon at […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (transferred) – January 27, 2013 It’s not a pretty sight—being knocked off one’s horse. I’ve never gone horseback riding, never had the slightest interest, but I’ll bet it’s no fun to be thrown […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Jordan Haynie, Deacon & Seminarian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday after the Epiphany – January 20, 2013 “But you have kept the good wine until now.” May I speak in the name of our abundant God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen. As someone currently […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of the Epiphany – January 6, 2013 In the name of the One who is at the author of each and every epiphany in our lives: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. Once upon a time there were some […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Baptism of Our Lord – January 13, 2013 There are three words that I want to focus on this morning: evaluations, recommendations and decisions. Let’s start with evaluations and recommendations – because I’ve been hearing a lot about these two […]
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