PALM SUNDAY
You might be a
Methodist if you
like Palm Sunday.
Palm Sunday at RHUMC is always somewhat out of
the ordinary. A few years ago, in this column, I reported
that we had a bona fide jackass in the church
on Palm Sunday. Several women asked if this was
a veiled reference to their spouses. It was not, at
least not on that particular Palm Sunday. The Donkey
was here again this year, along with a dozen
colored chicks, a miniature cow, ducks, rabbits,
goats, pigs and something that resembled a unicorn.
I’m sure it was not a genuine unicorn although it had
a pink tail.
The procession was led by Jay Travis, who was
baptized in this church on Easter Sunday 2008.
This palm parade was the first of many to come for
him. I reported to the congregation that no animals
were harmed during the Palm Sunday procession
but it seemed that I was mistaken. We had a baby
chick, purple I think, that was grasped too tightly and
appeared asphyxiated. But as he was returned to
the animal trailer he resuscitated. Someone commented
that he was a highly intelligent infant
chicken. I concur with that assessment.
The Gospel of Luke comments on the Palm Parade
by saying, The disciples began to praise God joyfully
and with a loud voice...saying, “Blessed is the
King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in
heaven and glory in the highest heaven.” And that
is what we did in worship and that is why I like Palm
Sunday.
Shalom,
Howard
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