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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2020/04/05 By Barry 1 Comment

Cognitive dissonance Sunday?

So today is Palm / Passion Sunday. I’m drawing a blank on any other day of the year that draws together two such disparate notions. On the one hand we have Jesus entering Jerusalem in triumph, lauded by the crowds with palm branches and cloaks thrown on the road before him. On the other hand […]

Filed Under: Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: Palm, Palm Sunday, palm/passion, Passion, preaching

2019/04/14 By Barry Leave a Comment

The ultimate mixed up day

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 […]

Filed Under: Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: confused, fallen world, mixed up, Palm, palm/passion, Passion, preaching, real world

2018/03/25 By Barry 1 Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: Lent, non-dual, Palm, palm/passion, Passion, preaching, we are both

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