Tag: Triumphal entry into Jerusalem
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Maybe We Should Call It Turmoil Sunday – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Matthew 21:1-11
We call this day Palm Sunday, and for obvious reasons, but I wonder if it would be more accurate to call it Turmoil Sunday. What do you think of that? Would you be excited about coming to church on Turmoil Sunday? Most days I feel like there’s already enough turmoil in my life and world Read more
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Returning The Colt – A Palm Sunday Sermon On Mark 11:1-11
Mark’s is the only gospel that says Jesus entered the temple, looked around, and left. So why did Jesus leave the temple and go to Bethany? The gospel tells us why. Jesus left the temple “as it was already late” (Mark 11:11). So that got me to wondering. What if this is about something more… Read more
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Between the Palms and the Passion is Vulnerability
In some ways today feels like one of confusion and contradiction. Our readings begin on “a colt that has never been ridden” and end “in a rock-hewn tomb where no one had ever been laid.” The disciples “praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen.” “The Read more
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Emptying and Embodying – A Sermon for Palm Sunday; Mark 11:1-11
The collect and readings for The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, Year B, may be found here. The following sermon is based on Mark 11:1-11 and Philippians 2:5-11. Today is a strange mixture of gospel readings, emotions, and contrast. We began with a parade; shouts of “Hosanna,” a declaration of praise and a cry Read more
Interrupting the Silence 