The Scripture reading for this week is Luke 19:28-48
The Sermon title is And So It Begins
Early Thoughts: Holy Week is a week of contrasts. We go from the high excitement of the entry to the city to the darkness and despair of a cross on a hill to the promise shining with the Dawn of a new week and a new age.
And it all begins this Sunday.
When we read the story we see the hints of the shadow that is to come. Luke makes it clear that there are some in the crowd who are less than impressed with this display.[In their book The Last Week Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan suggest that this was not a spontaneous celebration but a carefully planned piece of street theater.] There is a threat in this display. The objectors know it and Jesus knows it. When you are proclaiming a new way of being in the world there is a very strong chance that the "power and principalities" will strike back.
Then of course Jesus makes it plain that he is striking out against the way things are happening when the first thing he does after entering the city is cause trouble.
A new age is nigh. The world is being reborn and renewed. That is never a safe or smooth or easy process.
So it begins....
--Gord
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