Cynthia Lapp

The Royal Banquet

November 22, 2015
Matthew 22:1-10; Revelation 1: 4b-8; Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
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Welcome to this Christ the King Sunday. Three years ago we celebrated it as Christa the Queen Sunday. And in fact we do have Christa with us this morning. Christa, […]

We Need Jesus, Y’all

October 25, 2015
Mark 10:46-52; Psalm 34: 1-8
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The gospels give us a lot of stories about Jesus healing people. It can be one of the most exciting things about Jesus. Jesus makes blind people see, deaf people […]

Into The Lake

October 11, 2015
Mark 5:1-20
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Once he had a family, but that was before. Now there is no place for him. Everyone has had to distance themselves from him, his violent threats and outbursts are […]

Dear Dr. King

September 06, 2015
Isaiah 35:3-7; Mark 7:24-37
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Dear Dr. King, We received your letter written from a Birmingham jail cell in August, 1963. It arrived a lifetime ago, more than 2 lifetimes of Michael Brown, more than […]

The Temple And Useless Flesh

August 23, 2015
I Kings 8:(1,6,) 22-30, 41-43; John 6:56-69
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I must start by thanking Gene Miller for pointing out the sermon for me today. Last week after the service, Gene came to me, bible open, pointing to the passage […]

Bathsheba and David: Part II

August 02, 2015
II Samuel 11:26 -12:13; Psalm 51: 1-12
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You notice that this sermon is part 2. Sometimes the lectionary works that way for preachers. (After these two heavy weeks with David, I am sure we will all be […]

Bathsheba and David: Part I

July 26, 2015
II Samuel 11:1-15; Ephesians 3:14-21
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About 12 summers ago, when I was learning to be your pastor, Joe Roos and I sat on chairs right here and had a conversational sermon about this passage from […]

Holy Interruptions

June 28, 2015
Psalm 130; Mark 5:21-43
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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

June 14, 2015
I Samuel 15:34 -16:1-13
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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.

May 10, 2015
John 15:1-8; Acts 8:26-40
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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 […]