Sermons
It is the Time for Peace with Justice in Colombia
Speaker: Boris Ozuna
Let’s start with an important theological question: How many of you enjoy eating avocados, guacamole, or just plain avocado? Raise your hand please! By noticing how fast the avocado salads […]
Hearing Voices
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Today is Good Shepherd Sunday. Sometimes the lectionary, the prescribed readings for the day picked out years and years ago, are just what we need. After this week of intended […]
Unity is non-negotiable
Introduction Good morning. It’s a pleasure for me to be with you this morning. I have heard about the good things happening here at Hyattsville, and have read several news […]
Peace Be With You
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Easter Sunday has a reputation among pastors. For those who care about numbers, Easter Sunday has the highest attendance all year. This Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter, has a […]
Rising to Life
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Christ is risen. (Christ is risen indeed.) Alleluia. Last week I perked up when I heard Garrison Keillor say (in a rebroadcast of Prairie Home Companion) that the preachers in […]
Should We Do Anything About A Murder?
Speaker: James E. Atwood
I imagine something like the following conversation took place after a body was found in the wilderness in ancient Israel. “There’s been a murder. Did you hear?” “Oh, No. Who […]
See everything has become new
Speaker: Jesse Epp-Fransen
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all of our hearts, be acceptable worship in your sight, oh God, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 32 32:1 […]
This Year Try Manure
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
There is something so rich about this parable. When you find manure in the bible you can’t just let it sit there in a steaming pile, you have to dig […]
These Forty Days
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
I don’t know how it was for you but this past week the transition from Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday was a bump I couldn’t miss. The Mardi Gras meal […]
Transfiguring the Mountain
Speaker: Cynthia Lapp
Alleluia! God be with you. And also with you. What a wild story this is — Jesus in dazzling white, an appearance by Moses and Elijah, a voice from heaven. Can […]