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Sermon preached by the Reverend Adam Yates St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday of Lent – April 10, 2011 I had a crazy professor in seminary, and following his lectures was often a bit of a trip. One day the lecture started with an exposition on the “J”uice (with a capital […]
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Homily Homily preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday of Lent – April 10, 2011 I have a new friend. Our friendship really began over a conversation about dirt. Dirt – and what lies within it. I’ve missed dirt. Moving from a small house on a […]
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Evensong Homily Preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday of Lent – April 3, 2011 “And don’t you remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” How often I hear a colleague on our […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourth Sunday of Lent – April 3, 2011 The Gospel reading today focuses on different ways of seeing on both literal and metaphorical levels. It begins with the disciples of Jesus asking a question, “Who sinned, this man or his […]
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Homily Homily preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday of Lent – March 27, 2011 If you’ve been attending church for any length of time, you’re probably familiar with the Gospel story I just read. As a child I learned lots of songs about the Samaritan […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday of Lent – March 27, 2011 May the wells of God’s grace be found beside the road, Christ Jesus meet us in unexpected ways and the Spirit be with us on ever hill and in every valley. Amen. […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The First Sunday of Lent – March 13, 2011 May God be in our beginning, our center, and our ending. Amen. Once upon a time, an Eskimo hunter went to see the local missionary who had been preaching to the village. […]
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Evensong Homily Preached by the Rev’d Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday after the Epiphany – March 6, 2011 Welcome to St. Paul’s on the Green and this glorious celebration of Choral Evensong on this the Last Sunday of Epiphany; a fitting way to move toward the beginning of […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday after the Epiphany – March 6, 2011 “Jesus led them up a high mountain where he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white.” In the Name of our […]
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Homily Homily preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Last Sunday after Epiphany – March 6, 2011 There is a Celtic saying that heaven and earth are only three feet apart, but in the thin places that distance is even smaller. A thin place is where the veil […]
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