Sermons
Hosting the Host
Speaker: Brian Gorman
The story of Zacchaeus is probably quite familiar to many of us. Maybe you even sang a song about him when you were a child in Sunday school. Zacchaeus is […]
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 […]
The Rules Of The Game
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
There are, in the end, three things that last: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. What is it to love? Love is vast and layered […]
Worrying What To Wear
Speaker: Jake Short
Good morning. Even though we just heard it, I want to say this again, as personal prayer as I bring this morning’s message: “Pray also for me, so that when […]
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 […]