Cynthia Lapp

Making A Choice

February 16, 2014
Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Matthew 5:21-37
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We are practically knee-deep in the Sermon on the Mount. This year, every Sunday in the month of February we get another reading from Jesus’ famous sermon. As a Mennonite […]

The Foolish Walk

February 02, 2014
I Corinthians 1:18-31; Micah 6:1-8
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We are now one month into the 12 scripture project here at Hyattsville Mennonite. This year as a congregation we are trying new ways of interacting with scripture. So far […]

The Suffering Servant

January 19, 2014
Isaiah 49:1-7; John 1: 29-39
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YHWH says – “Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight. I have endowed you with my Spirit that you may bring true justice […]

Immanuel In Distress

December 29, 2013
Matthew 2:13-23; Isaiah 63:7-9
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The Lord be with you. (and also with you.) God is with us in this season and every season. But in these short days and long nights, it is especially […]

Waking To Mystery

December 01, 2013
Isaiah 2:1-5; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44
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I like to read mystery books. As a young girl I read a lot of Nancy Drew, then moved onto Agatha Christie and Sir Conan Doyle. Now I have discovered […]

New Earth or Signs from Heaven?

November 17, 2013
Isaiah 65: 17-25; Luke 21:5-19
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It’s been a year of Luke. I don’t know if you have noticed but the lectionary gospel readings this year have been from the gospel of Luke.  All year we […]

Holy Humility

October 27, 2013
Luke 18:9-14; II Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
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You remember the old Christian Peacemaker Team slogan – “Getting in the Way.” In March 2003, my friend Weldon Nisly made the bold decision to get in the way with […]

Just Doing Our Job

October 06, 2013
II Timothy 1: 3-12; Luke 17:5-10
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On a day of celebration like this, I marvel at coincidences. It just so happens that the lectionary epistle for today is from II Timothy. It just so happens that […]

Philemon and Onesimus

September 15, 2013
Philemon 1-25
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Today we get to experience something quite extraordinary; a complete reading of a New Testament book. In fact, it is so unusual to hear from this book of the bible […]

Lost and Found

September 08, 2013
Luke 15:1-10
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These “lost and found” parables that Jesus tells are familiar yet they may seem a bit strange to our post-modern, urban ears. Who cares if one small coin is lost?  […]