Sermons
Think Green, Act Local
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
It is a beautiful spring morning. I can hear birds chirping, squirrels chattering and scolding. A perfect day for Earth Day activities or to protest the vote for millions and […]
Living Stereogram
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! You might be thinking: “we’re still doing this?!” And yes, we are still saying Christ is risen! Easter continues again this week […]
Easter Continues
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Christ is Risen. Christ is risen indeed. While we are still in the Easter season, our gathering today is a fraction the size we were last week because so many […]
Bearing Witness – Easter
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Each year we start our Easter sermons with this refrain – and yet, when […]
Altered by “The Other”
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Today we get another strange and amazing story from the Acts of the Apostles. This vision that Simon Peter has is so important that the whole story gets repeated several […]
Altered by the Story
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Stories are powerful tools. They are outlets for expression, communication, revelation, and education. Stories offer us insights into the content of the story itself, and also, if we pay attention, […]
Altered by the Spirit
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
This year during Lent, as Mary Jo said, instead of the traditional lectionary that gives us stories from the life of Jesus, we will be looking at the book of […]
After Transfiguration
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Wow, those Elijah stories are exciting, (especially when Becca tells them.) Elijah commands the water and the wind and fire. Remember the time that Elijah called for a contest to […]
Hearing the Call
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Two stories, from our faith tradition, where people are “called.” – Samuel hears a mysterious voice in the night. – The disciples see a man, Jesus. These are two different […]
Present with Mary and Elizabeth
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
The magnificat – Our new Mennonite songbook, Voices Together, has at least five versions and several other hymns that reference Mary’s song. The magnificat is so central, so essential, to […]