tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post7473627280771112907..comments2023-10-22T20:53:58.823-04:00Comments on String Too Short to Tie: Palm Sundayvanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-27702809355143705132018-03-28T12:21:34.252-04:002018-03-28T12:21:34.252-04:00Hmmm, Vanilla. Makes one wonder about priorities.Hmmm, Vanilla. Makes one wonder about priorities.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222653231278680963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-77826161176341220112018-03-28T10:42:23.944-04:002018-03-28T10:42:23.944-04:00Vee, nothing to do with Palm Sunday, but your inte...Vee, nothing to do with Palm Sunday, but your interesting story reminded me of a visit to a very large and prominent metropolitan church many years ago. Purpose of the visit: to see the christening of a granddaughter. Many other visitors present as there were several kids getting the "treatment" that day. Preacher's sermon was a severe ripping and scolding of his flock for failure to support the financial needs adequately. What??vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-56219644855595444212018-03-28T09:44:48.881-04:002018-03-28T09:44:48.881-04:00Sharkbytes is right. Many churches have forgotten ...Sharkbytes is right. Many churches have forgotten how to celebrate this sacred season. <br /><br />Sunday at our church, the little people (pre-school through probably third grade) marched through our sanctuary waving palm branches. Entertaining! I hope that at some point they learned something about what they were doing. The sermon started with the appropriate Scripture but ended with a fundraiser promotion for the church remodel. Apparently it is life or death important that the church transform a large space into a coffee bar with appropriate seating and that our second auditorium is remodeled by building a performance stage, installing large projection screens (plural), stage lighting, and state of the art sound equipment. (Likely an afterthought will get a fog machine in there, also.) <br /><br />Making coffee at home is such a pain and I can't wait for the fund-raiser to pay for all of the hearing aids the (now) young people will need when they are in their fifties. (Oh, I won't be around by then.) I hope the several million dollar price tag means that some people actually come to know Christ and it's not all about entertainment. <br /><br />Couldn't respond to your blog on Palm Sunday - had to find forgiveness for anger first. And, yes, I am much calmer now (and I want to be Catholic).Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222653231278680963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-36559881803982308682018-03-27T10:08:14.254-04:002018-03-27T10:08:14.254-04:00Joan, the preacher read Mark 11:1-11 and based his...Joan, the preacher read Mark 11:1-11 and based his sermon on it!vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-27544291107840688162018-03-27T09:15:26.718-04:002018-03-27T09:15:26.718-04:00I love Palm Sunday, but most churches don't se...I love Palm Sunday, but most churches don't seem to pay much attention to it any more. I would have loved being at either of the ones mentioned in the comments above.Sharkbyteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139935335209860357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-75766601245039755592012-04-01T20:06:29.658-04:002012-04-01T20:06:29.658-04:00Shelly, you are blessed to be a participant. We s...Shelly, you are blessed to be a participant. We saw a musical pageant "The Borrowed Tomb" at church this morning. 42-voice choir. Tears were flowing-- mine. We simply cannot fully grasp what Jesus did and does for us.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-17681201360189095322012-04-01T08:25:14.280-04:002012-04-01T08:25:14.280-04:00We do a large Passion Play at our church, and last...We do a large Passion Play at our church, and last night was the first performance of it for this year. I was in the Palm Sunday scene, and it was so meaningful to me. Thank you for sharing this~Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930262815304757150noreply@blogger.com