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2016/03/20

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 […]

Article by Barry / Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / Good Friday, Palm, Palm Sunday, Palm/Passion Sunday, palms, Passion, preaching Leave a Comment

2015/03/29

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 […]

Article by Barry / Lent, Preaching, Sunday, Year B / Palm Sunday, Palm/Passion Sunday, palms, preaching Leave a Comment

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