Read the Lectionary Text We can only imagine what Jesus saw as the donkey upon which he was riding crested the Mt. of Olives just east of the city of Jerusalem. Olivet, as it is sometimes called, is less a mountain and more a hill, rising to a height of about 2,700 feet. But that is 200-feet higher than Mt. Zion where Jerusalem is built. So picture, if you will, what it must have looked like to Jesus as that little donkey struggled the last few paces toward the top of the hill, finally arriving at the summit, revealing [READ MORE]

Read the Lectionary Texts   John tells us some Greeks wanted to see Jesus. This may seem an insignificant detail to you and me living two-thousand years removed from the moment, but it was not insignificant to Jesus. In fact, when Jesus found out about it - that these Greeks had come to seek him out – he realized his life had reached a major turning point. “The time has come,” Jesus said in response to the news. Now anybody who has seen the movie, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” can appreciate how the arrival of a bunch of Greek people [READ MORE]