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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nichlas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – August 7, 2011 On a beautiful spring afternoon in May 1993 I was sitting on a large rock on the beach over looking the Connecticut Sound. I was on a reflection break during a respite […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Adam Yates St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 31, 2011 Our country is two days away from defaulting on our loans. If this is the first that you’re hearing of it, I apologize for the being the bearer of bad news, but […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – July 24, 2011 The Gospel lesson today presents us with five snippets in which Jesus describes the kingdom of God using very ordinary, common images like a mustard seed, yeast, and a fishing net—all things […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – July 17, 2011 The first part of today’s gospel lesson is one in a string of Kingdom parables – those stories that Jesus used to help his followers understand something more about the Kingdom he […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday after Pentecost – July 3, 2011 “What’s wrong with this generation?” I’ll bet that all of us here have either asked that rhetorical question—or have been the brunt of the question. It has always been thus and in […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday after Pentecost – June 26, 2011 Every Tuesday morning from 9 to 10 a group of us meets to read the scriptures appointed for the coming Sunday, to make some sense of them and offer creative ideas to […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday – June 19, 2011 Today is “Trinity Sunday,” the day set aside in the church calendar to celebrate the triune nature of God – three in one, one in three – Father, Son and […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Adam Yates St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Seventh Sunday of Easter – The Feast of the Ascension (transferred) – June 5, 2011 Every week, as we gather around the altar, in the middle of the Eucharistic Prayer, we stop and say as a community the Memorial […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Day of Pentecost – June 12, 2011 Come, listen! The voice of the Spirit speaks within the whole of life. Hear and know a God whose love for us is as warm as a flame, reaching into every cold place […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Sixth Sunday after Easter – May 29, 2011 May each day hold a greeting from the Spirit of God, each night be visited by the dove of peace, and the life of God-with-us be lived in wisdom, truth, and […]
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