Cynthia Lapp
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 […]
A Generous Daily Wage
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
“The first shall be last and the last shall be first.” At a quick glance one wonders if this is Jesus’ version of the tortoise and the hare. But that […]
Article 14 and Matthew 18 in 2014
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
When I turned to the lectionary for this week and saw that the gospel is this text from Matthew 18 I wanted to laugh, and scream, and cry. Really? The […]
God-fearing Midwives
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Sometimes I think about the children born in this country after September 11, 2001. I wonder how they view the world. They only know a country at war. In addition […]
Doggin’ Jesus
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Jesus is trying to get in the zone. He has a mountainous, twenty mile walk ahead of him to get to Tyre and Sidon. He is exhausted from the intense […]
The Reign Of God Is Like . . .
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The past few weeks we have heard quite a few of Jesus’parables that are included in the gospel of Matthew. I have struggled, along with the disciples, to understand these […]
Eucharist: Giving Thanks
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Last week we celebrated communion in this congregation, and I mean celebrate. Communion is often a fairly somber event, but last Sunday as people came forward they smiled. In fact, […]
SheepGate
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Sheep Gate. I didn’t know about “sheep gate” until this week when I walked around the church property reading this gospel from John. (I was trying to find new insights […]