Sermons
Sermon preached by the Reverend Canon Richard Tombaugh – December 9, 2018
Sermon preached by the Reverend Canon Richard Tombaugh St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday of Advent December 9, 2018 Let’s simplify the Season of Advent. It is about 2 things: change and hope. I’m tempted to stop right here and get credit for the shortest sermon at St. Paul’s in a […]
Continue ReadingBeginnings not Endings are an important Advent Message – December 9, 2018
Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday of Advent December 10, 2018 Malachi 3:1-4; Philippians 1:3-11 Ever year during this holiday season we will likely receive at least one letter, or Christmas card or online message from friends or family who live afar or who, […]
Continue Reading1 Advent – December 2, 2018
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Louise Kalemkerian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2018 Jeremiah 33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 In the name of our all-loving God, Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier. AMEN. Today is the first Sunday of Advent, the beginning of the Church year, that inaugurates the season […]
Continue ReadingThe Reign of Christ the Kind – November 25, 2018
Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday After Pentecost November 25, 2018 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; Psalm 93 In the Name of our God who is all kindness, Christ who reigns in justice, and the Holy Spirit who recreates our every moment. Amen What kind of king […]
Continue ReadingIt is Well With My Soul – November 18, 2018
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost November 18, 2018 Daniel 12:1-3; Psalm 16 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. I was not […]
Continue ReadingThe Poor Are Our Teachers – November 11, 2018
Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost November 11, 2018 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Psalm 93 As the coins clatter away Her heart beats with fear and joy. The widow flings her poverty In the face of power. When you have heard the lessons […]
Continue ReadingAll Saints Sunday – November 4, 2018
Sermon preached by Seminarian Samuel Vaught St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT All Saints Sunday November 4, 2018 Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Psalm 119:1-8 “But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died…but they are at […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s in Our Mind’s Eye These Dark Days? – October 28, 2018
Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost October 28, 2018 Jeremiah 31:7-9; Psalm 126 In the Name of God Creator, Christ the Healer and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of Life. Amen. There is a commercial for an eye doctor in Connecticut in which […]
Continue ReadingTo the Right and to the Left – October 21, 2018
Sermon preached by the Reverend Carlos de la Torre St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost October 21, 2018 Isaiah 53:4-12; Psalm 91:9-16 Blessed be the name of God from this time forth and forevermore. Amen. There can sometimes be a fine line between someone being bold and empowered, and simply […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s The “One Thing” For You? – October 14, 2018
Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost October 15, 2018 Amos 5:6-7,10-15; Psalm 90:12-17 In the Name of the God of abundance and radical generosity: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. “You’re asking way too much of me.” Have you ever thought or actually said […]
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