Let me read our scripture for today (which sounds like it should be Palm Sunday already), then I’ll get into it (Mark 11:1-11, NLT)… As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the towns of Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If...
Folks, where have we been during this Season of Lent? Let me refresh your memory. In following The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus, we first went to: The Jordan River near Jericho … where Jesus was baptized… The Judean Wilderness … where Jesus was tempted for 40 days and nights… His home-base of Capernaum … where Jesus healed the sick (amongst other things)… Walked with him (and Gail) up the mountains … where Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God… Sailed with Jesus across the Sea of Galilee...
One-time Prime Minister William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told this touching story: “The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter and endanger her life by breathing the child’s breath. Once when the child was struggling to breathe, the mother, forgetting herself entirely, took the little one into her arms to keep her from choking to death. Rasping and struggling for her life, the child said, ‘Momma, kiss...