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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of St. Mary the Virgin – August 18, 2013 There are times when you may or may not notice that what we do liturgically at St. Paul’s may differ a bit from mainstream Episcopal parishes. Today, for example, when […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – August 11, 2013 Our Gospel lessons in this season after Pentecost continue through the book of Luke. Jesus has “turned his face toward Jerusalem” – that is, he is heading to the city where he […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – August 4, 2013 If you shop at Stew Leonard’s, you may notice a sign just after you leave the express checkout area that reads, “What would you do with 270 million dollars?” I think it’s […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – July 28, 2013 May the light of Christ shine on our doubt, the creativity of God break open new possibilities, and the Holy Spirit spread wings of peace over us. Amen. Comedian Myron Cohen told […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – July 21, 2013 In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. I am reading a book that chronicles the lives of religious sisters in the Catholic Church at a time when their number has […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – July 14, 2013 In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. The story of the Good Samaritan has been allegorized, analyzed, and moralized, and dramatized. It has inspired painting, sculpture, poetry, and film. The […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 7, 2013 In the name of our all-loving God, Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier. Amen. Summer vacation for my family always meant a camping trip to the shores of Lake Michigan for at least two weeks […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – June 30, 2013 In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. Amen. This is the kind of Gospel reading that makes one wonder if Thomas Jefferson didn’t have the right idea when he removed from […]
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Sermonby the Reverend King McGlaughon, Guest Preacher St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – June 16, 2013 Well, it’s Father’s Day and as my son Andrew said to me after having his first child: “It’s just like another Mother’s Day . . . except you don’t need to spend […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – June 23, 2013 In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier. Amen. Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the […]
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