Palm Sunday, Passion SundayLent 6; Matthew 21:1-11, Matthew 27:11-54Crowds like to gather,cheer and make noise,shout loud hosannaswhen their team scores.Crowds’ praise is fickle:sledging and boosspread like pandemics.Outsiders lose.Man on a donkeycrowds hail as king.Same human crucified -scorn and thorns sting.Cave to peer pressures –God sent to die.Flog him and mock him –taunts drown his cry.GunfireContinue reading “Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday”
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Palm Sunday Paradox
Palm Sunday ParadoxPalm Sunday; Mark 11:1-11They wanted a victor to take power and reign –his crown would be thorns on a victim in pain.The man on a donkey, foretold as a king,rode humbly despite the hosannas they sing.They’d gathered some converts to bolster their cause;his teaching forgotten in shouts and applause.Yet how many times hadContinue reading “Palm Sunday Paradox”
The Woman Anointing Jesus’ Head
While I was studying toward ordination about 15 years ago, I wrote this poem, based on Mark 14:3-9. I was very moved by Mark’s account of the woman who anointed Jesus’ head, and Jesus’ support of her despite criticism. I came from an Anglican Diocese which still does not ordain women priests, so was seekingContinue reading “The Woman Anointing Jesus’ Head”
Barb, poet priest 