Holy Week
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The Palm Gospel as Unpredictable Danger
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5 min read
a Sermon for Passion Sunday Text: Mark 11:1-11 & Mark 14:1-15:47 must we choose? We’re challenged with two gospels today. They are a natural juxtaposition. One is happy and the other is sad. One declares victory, the other demonstrates earthly defeat. We processed in joyously and we’re likely to walk out depressed. My natural inclination…
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Sunday
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6 min read
Part Three. Here are parts one and two. Over the last few days I’ve been reflecting on the nature of sin and humanity; GOD and Jesus; death and loss and what comes next. And the reality is that Sunday is the one day we feel ready to deal with. We read the Passion only so…
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Saturday
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4 min read
I played around with the idea of leaving a blank post. Get it? Absence…I decided that doing that would be perhaps a little too cryptic/existentialist. Yesterday we dealt with one of the problems of Good Friday, the day God died. The day we remember the tragedy and triumph of Jesus’s death by crucifixion. This happens…
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Friday
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5 min read
let’s deal with “the greater sin”