What If . . . the Triumphal Entry Stayed Triumphant?

Because of the pandemic, this is an understandably subdued Palm Sunday service. Nevertheless, it is our hope that the meaning of Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which begins Holy Week, can be seen as an annual reminder of what Jesus had been driving at in his teaching. As we journey through this week to try to put ourselves into the story, witnessing all that Jesus had done and that had been done to him, let's begin with a thought about how perhaps it "should" have been . . .