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painting of Jesus carrying the cross

From Palms to Passion: The Path of Holy Week & Facing our Grief Together

On Palm Sunday, Jess considers what happens in the space between the Palms of the Triumphal Entry and the Passion of Christ, emphasizing the way Jesus walked toward human suffering and encourages his followers to do the same. Jess invites us to pay attention to the suffering in our own lives, so that we can pay attention to the suffering of others as well.

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Ancient Jerusalem

Why It’s Best To Just Kill Jesus (Palm Sunday)

Today Mark Groleau talks about exactly what Jesus did on Palm Sunday and why he did it. His coming into the city on a donkey and then shutting down the temple for a day was carefully staged, and it was a rebuke of the very domination systems we still inhabit today.

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