Palm Sunday is not a celebration. Palm Sunday is the shattering of hope and watching one's worst fears come to pass. How do we reconcile hope in the midst of our grief, our pain, and the shattering of our own expectations?
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In the sixth week of Lent and the start of Holy Week, Pastor Mak preaches on the story we now know as Palm Sunday. It’s the story where Jesus enters Jerusalem surrounded by a celebratory crowd claiming Jesus is King. But the entrance itself isn’t the only point. The entrance is part of this continued movement towards facing what's to come. And the week ahead isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. The light is fading fast. What can we learn from anticipating Jesus’ death and resurrection?
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Hope is what comes when all else fails.
On this Palm Sunday, Jonathan Williams shares that’s not really what hope is -- it’s what comes when all else fails. The hope that comes when all else feels hopeless -- apocalyptic hope -- shows that the apocalypse isn't an ending, it's a revelation. What can feel like failure or pain can actually be the beginning of hope.
This is the sixth and final sermon in our “This Feeling's Got Me Like...” series.
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