From Palms to Passion

Summary

On this Palm Sunday, we stand with the crowd and begin the journey from the triumph of Jesus’ entry to his passion and death on Good Friday. We will mourn his death, but also rejoice in his life, his example, and his work of liberation. The full Christian life accepts both palms and passion, celebration and crucifixion, singing and sorrow, triumph and tragedy. “This is the LORD’s doing,” says Psalm 118; “it is marvelous in our eyes” (v. 23).