Cynthia Lapp

Saving Language

May 25, 2025
John 5:2-9
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A few years back, pre-pandemic, we had an intergenerational Sunday School class called Big Questions. One Sunday we asked What does it mean to be saved? and then How do […]

On the Journey

May 04, 2025
Acts 9:1-20; Galatians 1:11-24, 2:1-5
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All along my pilgrim journey, Savior let me walk with thee. That is how I attempt to live my life, walking with God. And I had been doing that, with […]

We Rise with Christ

April 20, 2025
Mark 16:1-20
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Christ is Risen. Christ is Risen indeed. Today is one of those Easters when it can be hard to go full joyful hallelujah. With the recent death of our beloved […]

Daughters Take A Stand

March 23, 2025
Numbers 27: 1-11; Numbers 36: 1-12
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The two parts of the story we just heard are found in the book of Numbers: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers. We hardly ever read from Numbers, maybe because it sounds […]

The Women Who Save

March 16, 2025
Exodus 1:8-2:10
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In Women’s history month, it is right and good to tell, and retell, the stories of women in the bible. Not because the stories are historically accurate. But because they […]

Transfigured and Transforming

March 02, 2025
Luke 9:28-36; Matthew 17; Mark 9
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This is a magical moment on the mountain top, the Transfiguration. A retelling of this scene appears in Matthew, Mark and Luke. The gospel of John misses out on this […]

The Cliff’s Edge

February 02, 2025
Luke 4:21-30
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We know well the beginning of Luke 4, but the next part perhaps we would rather avoid. The chapter starts with Jesus on his vision quest in the wilderness; he […]

Visions of the Madonna: Advent 4

December 22, 2024
Zephaniah 3:14-19; Luke 1:46-55
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In this advent season, we are exploring darkness. We remember and name the ways that God pierced, and is piercing, the veil between heaven and earth. While Scripture Sketchers have […]

Patience in the Dark: Advent 3

December 15, 2024
James 5:7-8; Luke 18:1-8; Psalm 46:10
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I used to have a brick of a phone, some might call it a burner phone or even a drug dealer phone. I wasn’t very good at using the phone. […]

Nourishing Darkness: Advent 2

December 08, 2024
Isaiah 11:1-2, 10; I John 1:5,8; Matthew 3:1-10
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From Isaiah 11 Then a shoot will sprout from the stump of Jesse; from Jesse’s roots a branch will blossom. The Spirit of YHWH will rest on you – a […]