Archive for 2012
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday after Christmas – December 30, 2012 Well, here we are, the one Sunday between our celebration of Jesus’ birth and the feast of the Epiphany – the day we celebrate the arrival of the wise ones from the […]
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Homily preached by Frank Tuchols, Pastoral Associate St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 23, 2012 While I was writing notes on my Christmas cards this past week I couldn’t help but be honest with distant friends about the situation here in our State of Connecticut. My sense […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 23, 2012 Poor frightened Mary. Overwhelmed by her unexpected circumstance in life, she asks her parents if she might get some breathing space by leaving town for a bit to go visit her favorite […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday of Advent – December 16, 2012 This is not the sermon I wrote on Friday. Oh, I think it was a pretty decent one and made some valuable points. But then the news flashed on my computer: gun […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Malinda Johnson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday of Advent – December 9, 2012 With his bad diet, bad outfit and let’s face it, bad mood, John the Baptist always shows up early in Advent to whip us into spiritual shape. We may be jumping the […]
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Homily preached by Frank Tuchols, Pastoral Associate St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday of Advent – December 2, 2012 Happy New Year ! Happy Church New Year that is. Today’s Advent celebration begins a new church year. And with a new church year we begin to read from a different gospel. […]
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Homily preached by Frank Tuchols, Pastoral Associate St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost – All Saints (transferred) – November 04, 2012 Today couldn’t be a better time for our community to celebrate Sainthood. First and foremost because of the seven members of our community whose baptism we are celebrating […]
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Homily preached by Jordan Haynie, Seminarian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – November 18, 2012 So, how many of you have heard that the world is going to end on December 21? Raise your hands – a few? A few of you have heard the rumor going around […]
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Sermon preached by the Right Reverend Ian T. Douglas St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – November 18, 2012 +In the name of the One Holy and Triune God. Amen From our Gospel this morning: “Jesus asked: Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost – All Saints (transferred) – November 4, 2012 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier. Amen. Robert L. Wilken, professor at the University of Virginia, in his essay Remembering the Christian Past writes that “It […]
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