2017
The Gate To Abundant Life
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The other week the Capital Area Anabaptists met for our monthly lunch at the MCC Washington office. At each gathering we read a scripture passage together using lectio divina. One […]
Living Into Hope
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Christ is risen! (Christ is risen indeed!) It is one of those times when we have to practice saying this until we begin to believe it again. On Maundy Thursday, […]
Called Out
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Lately, my foot hurts. I am having a flare up of plantar fasciitis. If you have experienced plantar fasciitis you will immediately shake your head in commiseration and consolation. You […]
You Once Were Blind, Now We See
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Today we celebrate. We celebrate because we see. We have not always seen. We do not always see; sometimes we are still blind. Yet we rejoice because today we see. […]
Spiritual Journey of the Samaritan Woman
Speaker: Tony Brun
Introduction Gospel of John Once, in conversation with the theologian Leonardo Boff in Brazil, he said to me: “Behind what is said, is also what is not said.” That’s what […]
Again And Again
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
There was an old man Named Michael Finnegan He had whiskers On his chin-ne-gan He shaved them off and they grew in again Poor old Michael Finnegan, Begin Again Today […]
The Grit of Restoration
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Don’t let the unusually amazing and warm weather of the past few weeks fool you. The budding trees and blooming flowers may tempt you into thinking we have already made […]
When Anabaptists Were The Terrorists
Speaker: Lawrence Ressler
“Be angry and sin not,” Paul advises the church at Ephesus in Ephesians 4:26. Anger itself is not presented as a sin. Paul reminds us in this passage that the […]
Rise And Shine
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
When Jesus says it, it sounds so matter of fact: You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. Preachers around the globe are trying […]
Blessed Attitude
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Not to be overly dramatic but since advent, when I last preached, it feels like the world has changed. Some of us feel disoriented, like we are living in a […]