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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – October 9, 2011 Methodist Bishop William Willimon tells the story of a recurring dream that he has. He is standing in the pulpit on a Sunday morning and well into the thick of the sermon, […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of St. Michael & All Angels (transferred) – October 2, 2011 After a week of reading about angels – from philosophers like Plato to Thomas Aquinas, after a week of looking at art books filled with images of angels […]
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Homily preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 25, 2011 I was asked to do a little reflection for our vestry meeting last week – something based on the 3 “G’s” that we have chosen as our foci for this year’s pledge […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Louise Kalemkerian St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 25, 2011 In the name of our all-loving God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. AMEN. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m the phantom name in the list of associate clergy on […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Adam Yates St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 18, 2011 When I was in seminary, life wasn’t easy. In addition to being a full time student and serving as a parish intern, I held down one and sometimes two jobs. My typical […]
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Homily preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT On the 10th Anniversary of 9/11/2001 – September 11, 2011 Remembrance is a sacred moment when we raise up and hold to the light of the eternal moment, what has passed; what we have lost. Remembrance begins with deep, personal identification. […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nichlas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 11, 2011 +May the gentle Christ speak through us, the creative God expand our lives, and the Spirit write the Gospel in our hearts every day. Amen. She had forgotten a few things she […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nichlas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – September 4, 2011 The very first prayer we would have prayed last Sunday were it not for Irene—we call it the collect— includes a catch phrase that always gets my attention: true religion. The prayer […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nichlas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 21, 2011 Three clergy—a Lutheran, a Catholic, and an Episcopalian ended up at the same time at the Gates of heaven. It turns out that Jesus was administering the entrance exam that day. “The […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of St. Mary the Virgin (transferred) – August 14, 2011 In my short tenure as a clergy person, this is the third time I’ve been assigned to preach on the feast day of St. Mary. Someone must have a […]
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