Sermons
Let the Seeds Fall Where They May – July 16, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 16, 2017 Isaiah 55:10-13; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. Jesus was a very clever story-teller. He used these short vignettes called “parables” to teach his audience about […]
Continue ReadingRest: A Lost Art in Our Society? – July 9, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost July 9, 2017 Zechariah 9:9-12; Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Have we become a society that has forgotten how to rest? How much do we allow ourselves to be driven by the ring or vibration of our cell […]
Continue ReadingThe Risk of Radical Welcome – July 2, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost July 2, 2017 Jeremiah 28:5-9; Matthew 10:40-42 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, Amen. In her book, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Kathleen Norris tells a story that is said to come from a […]
Continue ReadingWhy We Need to Preach to the Choir – June 25, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday after Pentecost June 25, 2017 Jeremiah 20:7-13; Matthew 10:24-39 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. Have you ever picked up a good mystery and skipped ahead several chapters to see what happens there? Or […]
Continue ReadingFollowing Instructions – June 18, 2017
Sermon Preached by Anne M. Watkins, Parish Consultant for Member Engagement St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Second Sunday after Pentecost June 18, 2017 Genesis 18:1-15; Matthew 9:35-10:8 In the Name of God for whom nothing is too wonderful and who sends us into a plentiful harvest. Amen. What is your first inclination […]
Continue ReadingThe News from Poems – Trinity Sunday, June 11, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Trinity Sunday June 11, 2017 Let us pray. Take our lives and let them be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; Take our moments and our days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise. Amen. When’s the last time you were convinced by a […]
Continue ReadingAn Inescapable Network of Mutuality – PRIDE Service – June 4, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Annual PRIDE Service June 4, 2017 Let us pray. Come, Holy Spirit and kindle in us the fire of your love. Take our minds and think through them. Take our lips and speak through them, Take our souls and set them […]
Continue ReadingMany Languages – June 4, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of Pentecost June 4, 2017 Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104: 25-35, 37; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-13; John 7:37-39 Let us pray. Come down, O Love divine, seek thou this soul of mine, and visit it with thine own ardor glowing; […]
Continue ReadingThere is Work to be Done – May 28, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT Ascension Day (observed) May 28, 2017 In the Name of God: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. We never know what’s coming our way next. Do we? We can plan well and far ahead. We can take precautions in advance of possible […]
Continue ReadingSame God, Different People – May 21, 2017
Sermon Preached by the Reverend Peter Thompson St,. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday of Easter May 21, 2107 Let us pray. Heavenly God, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and […]
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