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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 (transferred) – August 19, 2012 The rector was invited to attend a house party. Naturally, she was properly dressed and wore her priest clerical collar. A little boy kept staring at her the entire […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – August 12, 2012 When I was a child, before Sunday evening service (yes, we went to church twice every Sunday!), we would have a light supper. Often it was sandwiches and a cup of tea. […]
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Homily preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 5, 2012 There was a lot of scuttlebutt around here last Sunday and it continued on through the week. I did not hear one happy word about the lesson we read regarding the behavior […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 5, 2012 In the name of God: Creator, Redeemer, Reconciler. Amen. For the past several weeks, the first reading on Sunday is from the Old Testament Book of Samuel, offering a theological history of […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Adam Yates St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – July 29, 2012 There is a church that I know, located in a small and economically depressed Midwestern town, with a tiny worshiping community. The few parishioners that were there were unable to support the […]
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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 22, 2012 I detest bullying and those who engage in that damaging, discriminatory behavior. Over the past few years we have seen the devastating impact of bullying in the number of suicides occurring as […]
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Sermon preached by Frank Tuchols, Pastoral Associate St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 15, 2012 I made sure to wear my sandals today! In today’s gospel Jesus is expressing a sense of urgency as well as wanting his disciples to travel lightly. Matthew’s account of these directions […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – July 8, 2012 In the movie Last Holiday, Queen Latifah plays the role of Georgia Byrd, a sales clerk at a New Orleans department store who leads a very quiet, lonely life. She cooks gourmet […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – July 1, 2012 In the name of God, creator, healer, and restorer of life. Amen. Two stories. Two unrelated people. Two different circumstances. Two surprising conclusions. That is the Gospel sandwich that Mark offers us […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – June 24, 2012 Storms teach us we are not in control of life. Last year we experienced two completely unexpected major weather events in the North East: a severe tropical storm at the end of […]
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