Bow Low
I t started out as a normal Sunday morning. Coffee, reading an actual newspaper and church. It was Palm Sunday and we expected the waving of a few palms; however, what we were not expecting was to be fully engaged as actors in the Holy Week story. The opening scene was one filled with uplifting music and a parade of palms, which involved many of those gathered . The joy, laughter and celebration was contagious and uplifting. The shouts of Hosannah through song were glorious. As the service continued, we found ourselves immersed in the full reading of Matthew 26-27, with reading parts. These verses in Matthew reflect Jesus' last week on earth. Our active roles in a parade of palms quickly became new roles of disciple, bystander and spectator. Some of our speaking parts were: Though all become deserters because of you, I will never desert you Even though I must die with you, I will not deny you The one I will kiss is the man; arrest him Gre...