From the Mount of Olives

by Peter J. Leithart

 Jesus scrambles the map, turning the world inside out.  Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2019

Jehu on a Donkey

by Peter J. Leithart

Jehu is one of those hyper-violent Old Testament characters who make Christians uncomfortable. What could he possibly have in common with Jesus? Continue Reading »

7 Apr 2017

Willow Sunday

by Brian Doyle

Among my first memories in this wondrous world were brittle palm fronds folded reverently behind the four crucifixes in our childhood home. Continue Reading »

6 Jul 2016

The Ass of Passion Sunday

by Russell E. Saltzman

On Passion Sunday, more years than not, I give a children’s sermon. At the conclusion of the procession with palms and the Prayer of the Day, with the kids arrayed near the chancel, I selecte a kid as Jesus. We are going to enact the Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. (Scholars may quibble . . . . Continue Reading »

10 Apr 2014