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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut Maundy Thursday – April 1, 2010 +In the Name of God, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. Rabbi Abraham Heschel once said that what the Bible demands can be comprised in one word: Remember. And so, like our Jewish ancestors who […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Fifth Sunday of Lent – March 21, 2010 In the Name of God, the eternal provider; of Jesus, the Lord of life; and the Spirit, the holy life-giver. Amen. Sometimes we must act in the moment, audaciously and fearlessly, […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Fourth Sunday of Lent – March 14, 2010 In the name of the divine creative Trinity: life-giving God, life-saving Jesus, and life-renewing Spirit. Amen. Funny things happen around the height of tax season. For example, The Rector of St. […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Third Sunday of Lent – March 7, 2010 When I was a little girl I learned how to tell the difference between real pearls and fake ones. I remember my mom showing me how to run the beads gently […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Second Sunday of Lent – February 28, 2010 May God will be with us, Christ Jesus hold our lives in loving kindness, and the Holy Spirit speak wisdom deep within our souls. Amen. An Episcopal priest and a Baptist […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by The Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut Maundy Thursday – April 9, 2009 Tonight we have been invited to dinner. This is the anniversary of Jesus’ last day in the life his friends had experienced with him for the three years of his ministry. He did not […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by The Reverend Elsa Worth St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut Good Friday – April 10, 2009 One day, as a familiar story goes, Moses was walking in the wilderness and turned and saw a bush that was burning very brightly in a strange, otherworldly kind of way, and then suddenly […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by E. Suzane Wille, Seminarian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Great Vigil of Easter – April 11, 2009 Alleluia! Christ is risen! + The Lord is risen, indeed. But the women who showed up at the tomb that first Sunday didn’t know it. They came after Jesus’ arrest, when […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by The Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day – April 12, 2009 You may have heard about the four-year-old in Sunday School whose teacher asked: “Does anyone know what today is?” The little girl held up her hand and said, “It’s […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by The Rev’d Elsa Worth St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Second Sunday of Easter – April 19, 2009 Sometime back in the 90’s, I took a trip to the Canterbury Shaker Village in New Hampshire, and I met a woman in her 90’s that lived there – one of […]
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