Tag Archives: Palm Sunday

Journey songs

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Maren

I stand under the Colorado sky,open as a page of heavenwith the Rocky Mountains so clearI feel like lifting one footwould set me on the trail upward. Trees, shorter and more durablethan those I left in New Hampshire,are budding green.Plains … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday in the season of coronavirus

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Maren

God, I am wearing the new underwear and nobody can see it, even on Zoom, actually, even if we were in the sanctuary. I feel like waving myself with all my heart, even alone in my home, not just de-nuding … Continue reading →

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Communion for Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Maren

This is a service for those who want to share Communion in an online community during a time of quarantine // lockdown // shelter in place. I am sure that a number of denominations are creating resources for this occasion … Continue reading →

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Road to Jerusalem — Guest Post for Palm Sunday by Janeen R. Adil

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Maren

        Janeen R. Adil’s Road to Jerusalem from last years Palm Sunday celebration is the stones’ story. Did you ever wonder what would have happened if they had a chance to sing? She shares this here this … Continue reading →

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Gratitude on the journey, for things borrowed

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Maren

God of the blue sky, blue ocean (at least in the safe coves, or from space), also blue marlin, tang, moor frog, peafowl, ribbon eel, hyacinth Macaw, blue-footed booby, and many flowers, I give thanks for what goes with me … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday — words from Mexico

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Maren

Joel Elí Padrón Ibáñez Iglesia Reformada Peniel México shares these words Hosanna!, ¡Hosanna!, ¡Bendito el que viene en el Nombre de Dios! Que se abran las puertas de los templos, de las casa, de las escuelas, de los trabajos, de … Continue reading →

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Prayer for Egypt, April 9, 2017

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Maren

Hosanna, God, please save us. Blessed is the One who come in God’s name. Blessed today in Egypt are those who die in your name with palms in their hands, songs of children on their lips, a story of a … Continue reading →

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Prayer for illumination for Palm Sunday (Matthew 21:1-15)

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Maren

God, part of me hopes no one will notice two donkeys. It’s probably a textual problem – Jesus asking for the jenny and her colt and the story that he rode them both down the path of cloaks and waving … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday and Easter Doxologies

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Maren

Rev. John Danner, Pastor of the Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ in Sanibel, Florida writes every week a new Doxology for his congregation to sing. The meaning of “doxology” is words of praise and so there are new words … Continue reading →

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Improv on Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Famous” For Palm Sunday

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Maren

  The bread is famous not so much to the mouth and the stomach, (and certainly not to any loud voices) as to the heart that remembers his love. The cup is famous to the people of the Exodus and … Continue reading →

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