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Dear Kris,

It is a joy to be invited to share the Good News again in the pulpit at Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church. This Sunday marks the end of our Lenten journey and the beginning of Holy Week, as we witness the passion of Jesus, from entry to Jerusalem, his last meal with the disciples, the terror of Good Friday, the death of Saturday, and the miracle of Easter.

Most of us have been here many times. We know the stories. We’ve heard the accounts. We share in the pain and the joy. But the power of the story remains. It never gets old, and given the context of our times, our situation, it may take on new meaning. So come, let us journey with Jesus again this week. Look, before us is Jerusalem.

Peace,

Joey

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Theme for Sunday

“I’m so glad to let you know that even here I’m having a happy Easter. Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope….In the stillness now I can also hear your Easter greetings, if you’re together with the family today and thinking of me.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, to his parents, April 25, 1943

Letters & Papers From Prison

Questions for Reflection

• What are your earliest memories of Palm Sunday and Holy Week?

• As far as you know, what were the reasons for Jesus’ arrest, trial and execution?

• How do you feel about that?

Luke 19:29-40

When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ” So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” They said, “The Lord needs it.” Then they brought it to Jesus, and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. Now as he was approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying,

“Blessed is the king

who comes in the name of the Lord!

Peace in heaven,

and glory in the highest heaven!”

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, order your disciples to stop.” He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.”