Father Nicholas Lang
The Feast of All Saints
A man was reflecting with his children on his college experience. “One day,” he said, “our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a serious...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Oct 24, 2021
- 4 min
Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost
There was a TV commercial for an eye doctor in Connecticut in which a patient talks about how she shared with her doctor her fear of...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Oct 17, 2021
- 4 min
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost
A married couple in their early 70’s were celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary in a quiet, romantic restaurant. Suddenly, a tiny...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
In the Name of the God of abundance and generosity: Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer. Amen. “You’re asking way too much of me.” Have you...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Oct 3, 2021
- 4 min
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
The Old Testament and Gospel readings today are probably more than you bargained for. You might be thinking that it would have been a...
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Jennifer Hudson
- Sep 19, 2021
- 4 min
The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
The musical Annie, set during the Great Depression and based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, was one of my favorite musicals as a...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Sep 12, 2021
- 3 min
The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Comedian George Burns once said that the secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Sep 5, 2021
- 4 min
The Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Deafness is certainly no joke but for many people it is a natural phenomenon which is, regrettably, part of the aging process. Nowadays,...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Aug 29, 2021
- 4 min
The Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Religious Differences. That’s what is at the core of the heated discussion in this Gospel. The conflict revolves around an occasion when...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Aug 22, 2021
- 4 min
The Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Make good choices. That’s the theme of the lessons we hear today. The Old Testament reading describes the covenant-renewal ceremony...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Aug 15, 2021
- 4 min
Feast of St. Mary the Virgin
The rector was invited to attend a party in the home of one of her parishioners. Naturally, she was properly dressed and wore her priest...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Aug 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
I don’t remember a lot of clever lines from movies I’ve seen but I do have a few favorites like “Go sell crazy somewhere else. We’re all...
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Jennifer Hudson
- Aug 1, 2021
- 4 min
The Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
The 2004 French romantic film A Very Long Engagement follows twenty-year-old, polio-stricken Mathilde in her desperate search for her...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jul 25, 2021
- 3 min
The Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
The Jerusalem Gazette splashed the headline and story all over the front page: Miracle Feeding by local Rabbi Astonishes Thousands....
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jul 18, 2021
- 4 min
The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
A conversation that is happening among clergy these days is how will COVID19 affect our churches in the short and long term. Will a good...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
The Seventh Sunday After Pentecost
Well, well, well. That was a cheerful Gospel story, wasn’t it? What on earth are we supposed to learn from a grisly account of John the...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jul 4, 2021
- 4 min
The Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
“And they took offense at him.” In the movie Last Holiday, Queen Latifah plays the role of Georgia Byrd, a sales clerk at a New Orleans...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jun 27, 2021
- 4 min
5th Sunday After Pentecost
Two stories. Two unrelated people. Two different circumstances. Two surprising conclusions. That is the sandwich that Mark’s Gospel...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jun 20, 2021
- 3 min
The Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Storms teach us we are not always in control of life. It sounds like this may be another active hurricane season. When warnings of an...
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Father Nicholas Lang
- Jun 13, 2021
- 4 min
The Third Sunday After Pentecost
The Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor tells her own version of this parable of the seeds. This is her interpretation: “At my house there is a...
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