Sermons
Unconditional Grace – March 31, 2019
Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday in Lent Mild mannered high school chemistry teacher Walter White thinks his life can’t get much worse. His salary barely makes ends meet, a situation not likely to improve once his pregnant wife gives birth, and their teenage […]
Continue ReadingChanging Direction – March 24, 2019
Sermon preached by the Reverend Louise Kalemkerian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday in Lent In the name of our all-loving God, Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier. AMEN. I believe that the word of God, even though written thousands of years ago, speaks to us in the 21st century. At the same time, […]
Continue ReadingThe Second Sunday in Lent – March 17, 2019
Sermon preached by the Reverend Louise Kalemkerian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday in Lent In the name of all-loving God, Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. AMEN. Sometimes the lessons we get on Sunday morning are hard to connect with our 21st century lives. And sometimes the connections are a little too close […]
Continue ReadingThe Wilderness of our Lives – March 10, 2019
Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday in Lent The wilderness: by definition an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. I am always amazed at those who seek it out in some form, even living there for a time in all its barrenness, crudeness, and endangerment. […]
Continue ReadingAsh Wednesday – March 6, 2019
Sermon preached by Seminarian Greg Baker St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Ash Wednesday My mom always took me to church on Ash Wednesday when I was a kid. I always participated in the whole thing, but I don’t remember much the services, except the part when we’d go up and get our ashes. […]
Continue ReadingEach of us shines with God’s light – March 3, 2019
Sermon preached by the Reverend Louise Kalemkerian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday after Epiphany In God’s most holy name, Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier. AMEN. Why do you come to church week in and week out? It’s not a trick question, and there are no wrong answers. I confess I ask myself […]
Continue ReadingReligion that doesn’t teach love is a sham – February 24, 2019
Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who abuse you. To the one who tells us to “go to hell,” we are to say, “God’s […]
Continue ReadingThe Beatitudes & the Dream of God – February 17, 2019
Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany One thing that we know for sure about Jesus: he knew how to gather a crowd. We find these words “crowd” and “multitude” a lot in the Gospels and we see that at least once he […]
Continue ReadingThe Fifth Sunday after Epiphany – February 10, 2019
Sermon preached by Seminarian Samuel Vaught St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany In the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. For two seasons in the early two-thousands, CBS aired a television show called Joan of Arcadia—yes, a play on the name of the French heroine and […]
Continue ReadingGod is Counting on Us – February 3, 2019
Sermon preached by the Reverend Louise Kalemkerian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of the Presentation (Observed) In God’s most holy name, Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. AMEN. If you read my sermon preview in yesterday’s eNews, you know that today is still part of the Christmas season, the 40th day, and therefore one […]
Continue Reading