Matthew 21:1-11

As we come to Holy Week we put our landing gear down for final approach.  It all began on Ash Wednesday when we placed ash on our foreheads and wandered into the wilderness.  The journey has been long… 40 days and 40 nights.  But now we enter Jerusalem, the city of possibility and hope.  We begin with palm branches and loud hosannas!  We begin by recognizing the “passion” that is to come.  We begin with confidence that God will bring new life out of wilderness soil.