Cynthia Lapp
Increase Our Faith
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Is it a demand? Increase our faith! A whiny complaint? Increase our faith. Maybe a patient mantra. Increase our faith. Increase our faith. Increase our faith. Jesus doesn’t seem all […]
Making Peace
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
On this 21st anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the worship committee suggested that it might be a good time to look at the Mennonite or Anabaptist “peace position.” […]
Clothe Yourselves
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Clothe yourselves – (with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.) This directive, this metaphor of clothing in Colossians, makes a whole lot more sense to me since I learned that […]
Chasing the Wind
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Vanity of Vanities. Futile, absolutely futile. Completely illusory. Everything is an illusion. Welcome to the dog days of summer, when even the lectionary texts are despondent, overheated and grumpy. We, […]
Go and do the same
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
An Expert in the Law stood up to put Jesus to the test and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit everlasting life?” Jesus answered, “What is written in […]
First, Last & In Between
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
On Tuesday as we gathered on line for morning prayer, we heard this: from Isaiah 44 – I am the first and I am the last. Do not fear, for […]
Calling in the Streets and Sitting at the Table
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The liturgical calendar tells us today is Trinity Sunday. It is one of those days in the Christian calendar that is not strictly biblical though the one place the trinitarian […]
Song of All Songs
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
I recently participated in a four day seminar on the Song of Solomon with 15 other pastors. The first thing that I learned was that this often overlooked book of […]
On the Road: Hyattsville Mennonite Church 70th Anniversary
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
It was the fall of 1951… Nelson Brunk’s wife, Ruth, still remembers how the announcement of the new slate of church officials was delayed that Sunday morning, while Pastor Shenk […]
When I survey…
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The cross – how to get rid of it, how to live with it, how to make peace with it We are entering a complex week. We call it Holy […]