Cynthia Lapp
Famished and Full
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Way back in June of 2021, I participated in the Fast for Freedom that was sponsored by Congregation Action Network and Faith in Action. It was a communal effort with […]
Transfigured
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Today is the last Sunday before Lent starts. Let’s enjoy the Alleluias from these mountain tops. We just heard the paraphrased story of Moses on the mountain. We sang the […]
Reorientation
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
What a pleasure to be together today, in-person – and on Zoom. We have been anticipating this day for months and weeks and days, the Sunday morning when we could […]
Disorientation
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
(sing) How long, O Lord how long? – VT 691 This is the cry of disorientation. If orientation is the seed that takes root and grows, even flourishes like a […]
Dare To Imagine: Love Together
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
During advent we have been daring to imagine – as we wait for Christmas. This past week I was with folks from Faith in Action federations across the country who […]
Dare To Imagine: Joy
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
It is good be together on this third Sunday of advent, the joy Sunday. I imagine it would be even more joyful if we were together in person but part […]
Dare To Imagine: Hope
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Happy new year! Well, happy liturgical new year. Advent is the start of a new liturgical year. Our custom is to celebrate communion to mark the beginning of advent so […]
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 […]