Cynthia Lapp

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 […]

Why Church?

October 20, 2024
I Thessalonians 5:12-22; Job 38:1-7, (34-41); Mark 10:35-45
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Why Church? It is a question that the youth discussed a few weeks ago when they met. It is a question that Menno Media is asking youth across the country. […]

Inheritance

October 13, 2024
Mark 10:17-31
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The way Mark’s gospel tells it, Jesus is just about to leave on his last journey; his ultimate destination is Jerusalem. A person runs up, and gets in Jesus’ way. […]

A Free Earth

September 22, 2024
Luke 4:16-21; Romans 8:20-21
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Ever since the creation of the world God’s eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been seen and understood through the things God has made. (Romans 1:20) […]