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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2016/03/20 By Barry Leave a Comment

A day of dissonance

This Sunday is what is now called Palm / Passion Sunday. When I was little it was simply Palm Sunday, as it still is in many churches, but the exponential increase in busy-ness, working hours, everything, means many people are simply unable to attend a Good Friday service. It is tempting to fulminate against a […]

Filed Under: Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: Good Friday, Palm, Palm Sunday, Palm/Passion Sunday, palms, Passion, preaching

2015/03/29 By Barry Leave a Comment

An interesting combination of days

This Sunday is called Palm / Passion Sunday. It is a response to the undeniable fact that most people do not find it convenient, and sometimes not even possible, to observe Holy Week; frequently not even Good Friday. So the good people who work out the Liturgical calendar and the Lectionary took what had been […]

Filed Under: Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: Palm Sunday, Palm/Passion Sunday, palms, preaching

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