Palm Sunday
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Going to Jerusalem
Sometimes a slight shift in perspective is all it takes to see something familiar in a totally new light. Rearrange things in your home – pictures, furniture, seating arrangements – and you might see them again as if for the first time. Look at a loved one after a long absence or an especially difficult Continue reading
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Palm Sunday: The Heart’s Ladder
Palm Sunday worship services traditionally begin with a reading from Mark’s gospel. It’s the description of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem at the beginning of his final week, the reading in which the crowd shouted, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Mark 1:9-10). Because the scriptures are a living Continue reading
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Go the distance
“By your endurance you will gain your souls” (Luke 21:19). The end of Lent is not Easter; it’s this Holy Week, and it begins with Palm Sunday. Easter is in God’s hands; Palm Sunday is in ours. On Easter Day, we celebrate what God has done; on Palm Sunday we have to choose what we Continue reading
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The way to life
We don’t observe the season of Lent to seek redemption from our broken nature; that’s already been accomplished. And we don’t observe Lent to practice some stricter rules for Christian life; authentic Christianity is not about following any rules. We observe Lent because we want the experience of being fully alive and fully human.1 We Continue reading
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The Sauntering Pilgrim 