Sermons (2020)
“Living As the Wind Blows,” March 8, 2020, The Rev. Daniel Simons
Sermon preached by the Reverend Daniel Simons St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday in Lent John 3:1-17 When I was a child I spent a lot of time in church. It was a small, country Bible Church, founded by my grandparents — on both sides, so I was pretty baked into […]
Continue Reading“Pulled Off Our Center,” March 1, 2020, The Rev. Daniel Simons
Sermon preached by the Reverend Daniel Simons St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday in Lent Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11 We’ve all probably felt the experience in life of being “played.” When somebody has an agenda for you that serves their own ends, and their agenda in part depends on you […]
Continue Reading“Our Soul’s Liberation,” February 26, 2020, The Rev. Daniel Simons
Sermon preached by the Reverend Daniel Simons St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Ash Wednesday Here we are on this wet, gray day, focusing on two distinct themes: sin and mortality. These are two things we don’t like to talk much about. But today is the day we intentionally turn toward them both, and […]
Continue ReadingAsh Wednesday, February 26, 2020, The Rev. Louise Kalemkerian
Sermon preached by the Reverend Louise Kalemkerian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58, Psalm 103, Matthew 6 Today’s Gospel stands in stark contrast to the one we heard on Sunday, when Jesus was again called “beloved” by God, as God calls each and every one of us, today and every […]
Continue Reading“Being Beloved,” February 23, 2020, The Rev. Daniel Simons
Sermon preached by the Reverend Daniel Simons St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Transfiguration Sunday Matthew 17:1-9 Our lives, most day, are very ordinary. We get up, take care of the children, the pets, the bills. Time is always tight, sometimes money is. We try to make a mark. Sometimes we wonder if we […]
Continue Reading“A Higher Standard,” February 16, 2020, The Rev. Louise Kalemkerian
Sermon preached by the Reverend Louise Kalemkerian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 119:1-8, 1 Corinthians 3:1-9, Matthew 5:21-37 In the name our all-loving God, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer, Amen. I think we need to be reminded over and over that God’s name is Love. I say […]
Continue Reading“The Mystery of the Real,” February 9, 2020, The Rev. Daniel Simons
Sermon preached by the Reverend Daniel Simons St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Solemn Evensong with Benediction for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Mark 10:13-22 We are gathering here tonight in Benediction —beholding in the bread of the Eucharist the Presence of Christ. This might seem an arcane thing to do, but really, at […]
Continue Reading“Alignment and Abundance,” February 9, 2020, The Rev. Daniel Simons
Sermon preached by the Reverend Daniel Simons St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 58:1-9 — Matthew 5:13-20 “Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life, which you have made known to us in your Son our […]
Continue Reading“On the Pilgrims’ Way,” February 2, 2020, The Rev. Daniel Simons
Sermon preached by the Reverend Daniel Simons St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of the Presentation Happy are the people whose strength is in you; whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way — Psalm 84:4 On this Feast of the Presentation, I feel a bit in the spotlight myself on this, […]
Continue Reading“Oneness in Christ,” January 26, 2020, The Rev. Louise Kalemkerian
Sermon preached by the Reverend Louise Kalemkerian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Conversion of Saint Paul In the name of our loving God, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer, AMEN. Having grown up in the Church and heard the Scriptures regularly, especially Paul’s epistles, I had an ambiguous relationship with St. Paul, bordering on […]
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