Palm Sunday 2014

There he was, riding on a donkey

There he was hailed by the crowds

As some sort of King

that strange man

who talked so strangely

acted so strangely

and always, always

called people to follow in his way….

So here is the question

Are we willing to follow?

Are willing to go past the crowd mentality, where everyone cheered, but really had no idea who this man was?   Past our blind immersion in the culture of power and manipulation

for if we do not let go of our need for power and manipulation,

we cannot follow

Are we willing to let go

And move forward to a new place

To a new way of living, of being?

Are we ready to drop our branches

And leave our cloaks behind,

Are we willing to follow him through the gates?

The gates of our hearts, our souls

The gates, ultimately, of the Kingdom!

Without a doubt, the gates into the unknown, the unexpected

But the question remains, are we willing to follow Him there

To that which is at the center of our lives

To that place that drives us and defines us

And once there, at the center

Are we willing to join him in turning our lives,

Our faith

Our values, our beliefs

Our world

Upside down?

Are we willing to join him,

as on Maundy Thursday, he creates a new community

and proves, by the washing of his disciples feet

that this community is about divine union

not about moral perfection

are we willing to go with him all the way to the cross

where he is willing to die

to lose it all

that he might gain everything

so that he might, and we might, with him

gain union with the Sacred?

and in that union

get a first taste

of the Kingdom of God?

Are we?