March 24, 2024 – Palm Sunday
Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark 15:1-39 The Rev. Drew Brislin As we enter into Holy Week, we are making a shift. We are shifting from the season of preparation to what you might call a season of embodiment. We are doing something we practice every […]
Sunday, April 2, 2023 – Palm Sunday
Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew’s Passion The Rev. Candice B. Frazer Palm Sunday to Passion Sunday—we take the single most impactful event of Jesus’ life and ministry and squash it into this one day. It starts out pretty good—Jesus comes riding in on a donkey. And since we are reading Matthew’s Gospel—we get to imagine […]
April 5, 2020: Palm Sunday, The Rev. Candice B. Frazer
It was a sun-soaked afternoon. People had been lining the streets for hours with more and more joining them as the day stretched on. The excitement and fervor of the day’s events and the merriment of the folks lining the streets encouraged a sense of joy and hope and good tidings for all. Strangers and […]
April 14, 2019: Palm Sunday, The Rev. Candice Frazer
Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, […]