Of all the mixed up days we can have, and we can have a lot of them, this Sunday might be the most mixed up. The mash-up of Palm Sunday and Good Friday, now called Palm / Passion Sunday can give the more conservative church year people the willies, and I know because I was […]
Another opportunity to be both and
This Sunday is what has become to be known as Palm/Passion Sunday. This is a liturgical reaction to the difficulty many people have with getting to a Good Friday service. It has taken me a while to come to grips with it but I have come around to see some real value in this move. […]
Confused means you are paying attention
When I first encountered Palm/Passion Sunday I must say I didn’t like it. It seemed like a poor response by the church; ahistorical and too concerned about an antagonistic culture. I felt that if the church couldn’t muster whatever it took to have a Palm Sunday service on Sunday and then a Good Friday service […]