Reflections for

Palm Sunday, Apr 13, 2014

Liturgy of the Palms: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Matthew 21:1-11

 

Liturgy of the Passion: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14-27:66 or Matthew 27:11-54

Blogging Toward Sunday

Sunday bloody Sunday

Mt. 21:1-11, Ps. 118:1-2 & 19-29, Is. 50:4-9a, Ps. 31:9-16, Php. 2:5-11, Mt. 26:14-27:66

Mar 09, 2008 by Craig Kocher

The church suffers from a bit of schizophrenia about Palm Sunday. Should the focus be on Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the “Hosannas!” of the shouting crowd? Or should the emphasis be placed on the cross and the “Crucify him! Crucify him!” chants of the people? Is this a service of exultation or a service of passion?

Features

Passion play

Life and death on the Root River

Apr 18, 2006 by Chad S. Mason

“The secret of life is that it is a passion play.”
—Holmes Rolston

Features

Crowd control

A critique of The Passion of the Christ

Mar 23, 2004 by John Dominic Crossan

Every version of the Passion story deviates fundamentally from the New Testament, which contains four divergent Gospels rather than one conflated version. The Gospels also emphasize the life before and the resurrection after the death.

Faith Matters

Excellent adventure

Cruciform calling

Apr 05, 2003 by L. Gregory Jones

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.” So Jim Collins begins his book, Good to Great, a study of how 11 companies made the transition from being merely good to great.

Living by the Word

The Judas chromosome

Matthew 26:14—27:10

Feb 27, 2002 by M. Craig Barnes

We don’t know a lot about Judas, except that Jesus and the other disciples trusted him a great deal. No doubt that is why they made him their treasurer.

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