Cynthia Lapp
Living Into Our Mission Statement
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Today is Reign of Christ Sunday or as it was originally known, “Christ the King” Sunday. Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber, aka the “sarcastic Lutheran,” tweeted this week – “Pope Pius XI […]
Choose the Sermon: The Lord’s Prayer
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
What a beautiful sight, all of us, even in masks, all in the same giant square (or whatever shape this is.) No internet, no Zoom, to mediate us to each […]
The Power Of Vulnerability
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
A story from my cousin Jason popped up in my email box this week. Jason is in prison and writes monthly missives to the outside world. This one is entitled […]
Choose The Sermon: On Forgiveness
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
You all submitted some great ideas for sermons. The suggestion for today is forgiveness which feels all too appropriate these days because I feel like I am carrying a lot […]
Choose the Sermon: Why Do We Work So Much?
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
It seems really meta to have worked so much on a sermon about why we work so much. So I tried not to work “so much” on this sermon. Life […]
Choose the Sermon: On Sorrow
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
(On sorrow — how to hold it lovingly and gracefully for yourself, others, your community and world) Earlier in the summer we asked you to “Choose the sermon,” to […]
The Embrace
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Today is July 11, 7/11. 7-Eleven has a tradition of giving everyone free Slurpees to celebrate the day they call their birthday. I don’t often go to 7-Eleven – even […]
Letters To And From Prison
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
While our series is called “Letters from Prison”, I have to say that getting letters to prison is not always simple. The first letter I sent to Jason, who is […]
Letters From Prison
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
One of the unexpected gifts of the pandemic has been a “full house” for adult education this past year. We just concluded four months of adult ed sessions about the […]
Vine And Branches
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Last Sunday was our periodic break from screens and worship on Zoom. I hope you were able to get outside to enjoy creation or family, or whatever helps you feel […]