Palm Sunday

Jack Hardaway ] Today is a question with no answer. Easter doesn’t answer it, or solve it. Easter is not the solution to the problem. Easter is a breathless surprise, but it doesn’t bring sense to the senselessness of today. Easter is perplexed rejoicing interrupting soul crushing agony. But today there is only the lament […]

Carried Away

Jack Hardaway ] Carried away. Carried away with excitement. Joining in the excitement. Carried away by events beyond our control. Carried away by mob violence. Carried away under arrest. Carried away by the storm, by the darkness, washed away. We all get carried away. The city welcomes Jesus’ arrival as a King, there is so […]

Fulfillment

We’ve been hearing a great deal about believing, and belief the past few weeks from the Gospel according to John. Today we turn the pages back to Matthew, and for Matthew it isn’t so much about belief as it is about fulfillment, the fulfillment of Scripture, the fulfillment of what has been spoken. Jesus finally […]

Getting Carried Away – Palm Sunday

Getting carried away. Carried away with excitement. Joining in the excitement. Carried away by events beyond our control. Carried away by mob violence. Carried away under arrest. Carried away by the storm, by the darkness, washed away. We all get carried away. The city welcomes Jesus arrival as a King, there is so much excitement […]