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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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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of the Epiphany (transferred) – January 8, 2012 Today we are celebrating the Feast of the Epiphany – a feast day that has been celebrated in the church as far back as the 2nd century. It’s my second favorite […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of the Holy Name – January 1, 2012 What’s in a name? The feast we observe today is centered around one—the Holy Name of Jesus. Many years ago, this octave day of Christmas was called the Feast of the […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Adam Yates St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Nativity of Our Lord – December 25, 2011 Christmas is a cozy holiday. The coziness starts sometime around Thanksgiving when the first Christmas songs sound out on the radio. It continues as we decorate our homes and start to receive […]
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Sermon preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord – December 24, 2011 In the name of God Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier who gathers us together and comes to us this night. Amen. A little boy wanted to be Joseph in the […]
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Homily preached by the Reverend Adam Yates St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 18, 2011 We worship a restless God. The prophet Nathan and King David learned this lesson first hand in today’s reading from the Second Book of Samuel. Having moved up in the world from […]
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