Archive for 2012
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday of Lent – March 11, 2012 He was mad as hell and he wasn’t going to take it any more. The truth is Jesus looked a little nuts that day. This is a far cry from the image […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday of Lent – March 4, 2012 In the name of the living, covenantal God who invites, welcomes, and feeds us. Amen. Covenant is an old fashioned word that means a mutual promise – a contract, a promise of […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday of Lent – February 26, 2012 May the Ark of God’s covenant be beneath us, Christ walk ahead of us into the deep waters of life, and the Spirit be the dove of hope above us. Amen. […]
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Sermon preached by Jacques Jimenez, Vestry Member St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Ash Wednesday – February 22, 2012 When the celebrant puts a smear of ash on your forehead in a few minutes, he or she will say, “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” In saying this, the […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday after the Epiphany – February 19, 2012 In the name of our one God: Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier. Amen. General Douglas MacArthur once told of a difficult situation he faced as a cadet at West Point. “The first section,” […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 12, 2012 Both the Old Testament reading and Gospel today tell stories of healing and transformation. In the times that they occurred, any number of skin diseases could be identified as leprosy, whether […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Adam Yates St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany – February 5, 2012 In seminary, I had a professor who absolutely loved to talk about demons. Every time they were mentioned in class, his face would light right up. I admit that my friends […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Conversion of St. Paul (transferred) – January 29, 2012 How did you get your name? Is there a story behind it? Many of us have one. For example, the name I was given at birth was not “Nicholas” but “Gerard” […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday after the Epiphany – January 22, 2012 In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. Peanuts cartoon character Lucy is sitting in her “five-cent psychology” booth where Charlie Brown has stopped for some advice about life. “Life […]
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Sermon preached by Anne M. Watkins St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord (transferred) – January 15, 2012 There is one Body and one Spirit; There is one hope in God’s call to us: in the name of our Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. There is one Body, […]
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