“The Christ Hymn” (A18: Palm Sunday)
Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 26:14–27:66 Booth focuses on Philippians 2: 5-11, which is sometimes referred to as the “Christ Hymn. ” Says Booth: “To sing the Christ hymn is not merely whistling...
“Following Means Participating” (C20: Palm Sunday)
Rev. Kimble says that without us, the Lord’s work cannot be completed on earth. Following Jesus, she says, means being a participant, not a spectator. Rev. Cheryl Kimble is pastor of The Church @ Highland...
“On Donkey Detail”
The Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon, Bishop in the United Methodist Church, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, and one of America’s best preachers preaches a sermon called, “On Donkey Detail,” from Mark 11:1-11....
A19: Palm/Passion Sunday, Year A (2023)
Years ago John Phillip Newell was preaching at St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. Standing in the pulpit that hugs one of the massive, thousand-year old pillars of the church, Rev. Newell began his sermon with...
C20: Palm/Passion Sunday, Year C (2022)
“He was minding his own business. But he ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time…or so it seemed…Luke’s Gospel (Luke 23:26) says that on a certain Friday 2000 years ago, a man...