Archive for July, 2017
The Toilet Seat – July 23, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost July 23, 2017 Isaiah 44:6-8; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 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. Adam […]
Continue ReadingLet the Seeds Fall Where They May – July 16, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 16, 2017 Isaiah 55:10-13; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. Jesus was a very clever story-teller. He used these short vignettes called “parables” to teach his audience about […]
Continue ReadingRest: A Lost Art in Our Society? – July 9, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost July 9, 2017 Zechariah 9:9-12; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Have we become a society that has forgotten how to rest? How much do we allow ourselves to be driven by the ring or vibration of our cell […]
Continue ReadingThe Risk of Radical Welcome – July 2, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost July 2, 2017 Jeremiah 28:5-9; Matthew 10:40-42 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, Amen. In her book, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Kathleen Norris tells a story that is said to come from a […]
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