Cynthia Lapp
Holy Interruptions
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
I have been thinking about bodies this week: black bodies, brown bodies, white bodies, LGBTQ bodies, straight bodies, young bodies, old bodies, athletic bodies, bodies that struggle to move. What […]
From Small Seeds
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
We are such good Anabaptists here at Hyattsville Mennonite, so focused on Jesus and his teachings. Our friend Elham – new to the faith, commented to me recently that she […]
Philip and E.E.
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Reading this text over and over this week brings back a vague childhood memory of this story from Acts. It was in my bible story book: the picture was of […]
“If We Must Answer Today”
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
After the devastation of Jesus’ death, and the exhilaration of his resurrection, the small disparate group of good Jews, outcasts, struggling fishers, healed and hoping-to-be-healed really begins to expand. These […]
Resurrection Mystery
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
“I have seen the Teacher” shouts Mary Magdalene. Christ is risen, Christ is risen indeed. After the running, the weeping, the wondering, there is an awareness – an appearance of […]
Out From The Shadows
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
It is a joy to be back in the pulpit after 3 1/2 months. In some ways it feels like I never left. While I needed to take a break […]
Alert and Awake to Hope
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
On this first Sunday of Advent – and this last Sunday that I am with you for three months, I want to say something joyful and profound, memorable and inspiring. […]
Waiting and Watching
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
As often as I have wrestled with this text, I have never really identified with these ten bridesmaids. When it comes to weddings I have always been the soloist, and […]
Entrusted With The Message
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Last week at the church retreat we practiced looking at the biblical text from different perspectives. We looked at the story of Jesus feeding 5000 people with five loaves and […]
A Discerning Ear
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
If you have been worshipping here regularly the past few months you may have noticed that we have been working our way through the book of Matthew. It is not […]