Cynthia Lapp

From Death To Breath

April 06, 2014
Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45 (selected)
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What fantastic stories and what remarkable foreshadowing of the excitement to come in two weeks.  And it is a description of what we live with every day. Death and life. […]

Encountering and Re-encountering God

March 16, 2014
Genesis 12:1-4; John 3:1-17
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During lent we are watching for encounters with God, in the biblical text and in our own lives. We are told Abram is 75 when he finally has an encounter […]

Encountering God

March 09, 2014
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11
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Lent is the time when as Christians we look to encounter God – more often and in new ways. So isn’t it curious that these familiar texts from Genesis and […]

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 […]