Father Nicholas Lang
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
One day God was looking down at the earth and noticed a lot of just plain bad behavior. God decided to send an angel down to check it...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Mar 21
- 4 min
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
I have a magnet on my refrigerator that depicts a man on the phone with his secretary and asking for any messages he received. “Yes,” the...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Mar 14
- 4 min
The Third Sunday in Lent
May the wells of God’s grace be found beside our path, may Jesus meet us in unexpected places and the Spirit be with us wherever we walk....
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Mar 7
- 4 min
The Second Sunday in Lent
The night is a metaphor for something beyond just being a time of day. It represents a state of confusion and fear, even a time to dread...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Mar 1
- 4 min
The First Sunday in Lent
There is a story about a mother who took her nine-year-old daughter, Jenny, to an early morning Ash Wednesday service many years ago when...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Feb 23
- 3 min
Ash Wednesday
The six-year-old went to church with his mom on Ash Wednesday and after hearing the psalm verse—the psalm we prayed today— “For he...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Feb 21
- 5 min
Turbulence and Transfiguration
Sermon preached by Jennifer Hudson, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Transfiguration Sunday—February 19, 2023 The first time I went to Los...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Feb 14
- 4 min
The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Tuesday is Valentine’s Day. Do you remember making cards for our parents, cutting big hearts out of red construction paper and decorating...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Feb 7
- 3 min
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Salt, also known as sodium chloride, is about 40% sodium. It flavors food and is used as a binder and stabilizer. It is also a food...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Feb 3
- 4 min
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
Presbyterian minister Donald McCullogh tells the story of how one day Gandhi stepped aboard a train as it started to move, and one of his...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jan 25
- 4 min
Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Have you ever taken a big risk to do something or go somewhere that was compelling? It is a radical call—to leave everything behind and...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jan 19
- 4 min
Baptism of our Lord
Fifty years ago yesterday, and just about at this time, I knelt before the bishop and was ordained a priest. In the Orthodox Church,...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jan 10
- 4 min
Epiphany Sunday
In his interesting book, The Magi, author Eric Vanden Eykel invites his readers to imagine the nativity scene. Who is included in our...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jan 3
- 4 min
The Feast of the Holy Name
What’s in a name? The feast we observe today is centered around one—the Name of Jesus. Many years ago, eight days after Christmas was...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Dec 27, 2022
- 3 min
Christmas Eve
Tonight is not the night for heavy theology and great analysis. It is the night for story and poetry and song. It is a night of mystery...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Dec 20, 2022
- 5 min
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
It was the night of the big Christmas pageant. The pastor faced a huge dilemma when the director came running to her in the midst of...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Dec 13, 2022
- 4 min
The Third Sunday of Advent
In the name of God, the Creator; Jesus Christ, the long-awaited messiah; and the Holy Spirit, the Giver of life. Amen. Today we get...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Dec 13, 2022
- 5 min
The Second Sunday of Advent - Bishop Jeff Mello
Good morning, saints of St. Andrew’s Church, Milford! What a great joy and blessing it is for me to be with you this morning to celebrate...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
The First Sunday of Advent
In the movie Sister Act 2, reuniting with the Reverend Mother played by Maggie Smith, Deloris van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) learns that...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Nov 22, 2022
- 3 min
Christ the King - The Last Sunday after Pentecost
Today we celebrate the feast of Christ the King also called “The Reign of Christ.” It is the end of the church’s liturgical year. Next...
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