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Palms and passion
A sermon for Palm Sunday, 2017 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was an acclaimed theologian of the twentieth century. He became iconic after his martyrdom at the hands of Hitler’s Nazi government, shortly before the end of the second World War. According to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jesus, Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday, refugees, rejection
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Being one of the crowd: Palm Sunday 2016
Every Palm Sunday we start off well enough, praising God and waving palms in the air, waving at the passing traffic, throwing blessings around like confetti. Within the hour we have become the baying pack hounding Jesus to the cross, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Abramovich, betrayal, House of Bishops, mob mentality, Palm Sunday, passion
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Earth, oil, ashes, and a pound of precious nard
I have anointed people for death, and I think Mary was right to get in early, because when I return, a few days later, or a week, I do not come bearing precious nard. Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry, prayer, sermon preparation
Tagged anointing, clergy, funerals, Holy Week, John 12:1-8, Mary of Bethany, Palm Sunday, Year C Lent 5
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A sermon for the Palms and the Passion
At the beginning, the tempter had urged him to make bread, to bow down, to throw himself from the temple and be saved by the angels. In the end, the people would taunt him and tempt him to leave his … Continue reading
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Tagged Dom Denys Prideaux, Edward Bouverie Pusey, gethsemane, Holy Week, Jesus, Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday
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How to read a palm
Examine the heart; is it sappy, or made of stone? Trace the veins that indicate the wisdom of Solomon, or the mercurial folly of man. Follow the lines of travel: do they cross? If the life line looks long enough, break off the branch, … Continue reading
Burning
I’m sitting up tending a pot of palms as they slowly disintegrate into ash. Under the surface red and orange molten lava moves, shifting and sifting through the burnt and unburnt bits and branches, preparing their repentance for their part … Continue reading
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Tagged Ash Wednesday, Lent, liturgy, making ashes from palms, Palm Sunday, the Passion
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Palm Sunday procession
The children are playing “parade.” They cut branches and leaves and grass to wave like flags. They throw their coats on the earth to make a colourful parade ground. They ride on their neighbour’s baby donkey and their friend’s large … Continue reading
Palms and the Passion
The adjudicator comes in pomp; the judge in different circumstances. Sunday’s parodied parade is parlayed into Friday’s farce of a trial. _________________________ Indebted to Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan, The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About … Continue reading
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Tagged Holy Week, judge, Palm Sunday, parade, Passion Sunday, trial
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