Sermons
How Long, O God: Psalms of Lament
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
I love our heady, intellectual congregation, – and I love that there is room for the criers, as they call themselves, the people that admit to getting emotional in church. […]
A Voiceless Voice
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
It feels fitting that right after Solstice, the longest day of the year – we start a 6 week series focused on the longest book of the Bible by chapter […]
The Holy Trinity
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Today is Trinity Sunday which, for the Christ-centered, look-to-the-bible Anabaptist tradition, is kind of tricky. Because the trinity doesn’t really appear in the bible. Okay, it is in the passage […]
Recognizing The Paraclete
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
This beautiful passage from John feels ethereal and mystical – love and comfort and the Spirit of truth, “the world neither sees her nor recognizes her; but you can recognize […]
The Way of Love
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Here we are in the 5th week past Easter and the scripture passage puts us right back to the days just before Jesus’ death. This passage in John is part […]
Hospitality in the Face of Fear
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
It is three Sundays after Easter; we are meant to be reading about Jesus the Good Shepherd. (And you can do that: John 10 and Psalm 23 are always there […]
Wounded and Risen Christ
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
It is good to be together again celebrating resurrection even though it feels like we are still living in the tomb, in the midst of death. Death is all around […]
Christ Revealed
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Christ is risen! Christ is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Thank God for this day of alleluias in the midst of this pandemic experience. Some churches have considered holding off on Easter […]
Palm Sunday Reflection
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Our element today from creation is fire; our biblical story is from John about footwashing -with water. It is easy to see that water puts out fire – but today, […]
Temptation Revelations
Speaker: Michelle Burkholder
Today we, once again, mark the first Sunday of Lent – a forty day journey of reflection and repentance that resembles the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness preparing […]