This is a very simple painting. Jesus is both revealed and obscured by the pomp and circumstance of Palm Sunday. His figure is faintly visible through the archway created by the palms - in the midst of the crowd.
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Sunday, 21 March 2010
Sunday, 5 April 2009
Palm Sunday
It was one of those Sundays - most of the regulars were away - including most of the people on the duty list - and the rest were ill or unavailable - add to that half the congregation being visitors probably expecting a fairly trad palm Sunday - and you've got the perfect recipe for a seasonal all-age service at All Saints - happens rather a lot...
Having said this, we've got very good at making it happen. Rozi helped me on music and some palm crosses turned up. I put together a simple service based on the whole of Luke 19 from "Good as New". In the end it was a very meaningful event.
I was particularly struck myself with the power of the story as it moves from Jericho to Jerusalem. John Henson's retelling gave both humour and punch to the narrative and I particularly appreciated the way that the parable of the talents (in context) became a key part of the interpretive framework. It really stood out as Jesus' explanation to the crowds of all that was taking place - with a clear warning about the future. In fact, the whole reading was powerfully relevant set against the G20 and the riots in London. Luke 19 has a lot to say to us in our contemporary mess. As I said on Sunday, this is not an old story, but our story - the stakes are high!
Well done all - and thanks for a great palm Sunday!
Having said this, we've got very good at making it happen. Rozi helped me on music and some palm crosses turned up. I put together a simple service based on the whole of Luke 19 from "Good as New". In the end it was a very meaningful event.
I was particularly struck myself with the power of the story as it moves from Jericho to Jerusalem. John Henson's retelling gave both humour and punch to the narrative and I particularly appreciated the way that the parable of the talents (in context) became a key part of the interpretive framework. It really stood out as Jesus' explanation to the crowds of all that was taking place - with a clear warning about the future. In fact, the whole reading was powerfully relevant set against the G20 and the riots in London. Luke 19 has a lot to say to us in our contemporary mess. As I said on Sunday, this is not an old story, but our story - the stakes are high!
Well done all - and thanks for a great palm Sunday!
Sunday, 1 April 2007
Psalm 31
Tune: Amazing Grace CM
1. In you, O Lord, I put my trust.
O let me not know shame.
Deliver me in righteousness,
as I call on your name.
2. Give grace to me, for I am lost
in grief I cannot see,
my very being wastes away;
strength fails in misery.
3. To those who hate me, I am scorn;
a horror to my friends;
they flee from me in fearful dread
until my suff’ring ends.
4. I fade away like one who dies
as terrors round me stand.
But though I hear their whispered plots,
my life is in God’s hand.
5. From persecution, hate and fear,
O Lord, deliver me.
And let your face upon me shine
with me your love shall be.
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
the God whom we adore,
be glory, as it was, and is,
and shall be evermore.
(c) Tim Norwood. This text can be reproduced without charge but may not be printed comercially without the permission of the author.
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