Archive for 2010
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut Ascension Sunday – May 16, 2010 May our lives shine with the brightness of God’s grace, the warmth of Christ’s love, and the vitality of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Have you ever felt abandoned? I mean really abandoned—like you were […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 9, 2010 This week’s gospel lesson – like last week’s comes from what is often referred to as Jesus’ farewell discourse – the last conversations Jesus had with his closet friends before he […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 2, 2010 May new life spring forth in every place and God, Creator, Christ, and Holy Sprit be our foundation. Amen. I have a magnet on my refrigerator that shows a well-dressed gentleman answering the […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Fourth Sunday of Easter – April 25, 2010 This is the day when the Church has traditionally celebrated the metaphor of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. It is also a day in the Roman Church where the idea of “vocation” is […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Second Sunday of Easter – April 11, 2010 Doubt: a status between belief and disbelief that involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, action, motive, or decision. Doubt brings into question some notion of […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut Easter Day – April 4, 2010 May the wonder of Christ’s rising be seen in every dawn, the love of God as wide as the skies, and the power of the Holy Spirit invite us into each moment. Amen. Did […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut The Great Vigil of Easter – April 3, 2010 Spurred on by the naming of my newest grandchild, Scout, I have begun rereading one of my favorite novels: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. This story is told in […]
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Sermons Sermon preached by the Reverend Richard Tombaugh St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut Good Friday – April 2, 2010 May the words spoken and heard here this evening be spoken and heard in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Lent began with the story of Jesus alone […]
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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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