God on a Donkey | The Rev. Art Going

A sermon on Matthew 21, the Palm Sunday entry. Fr. Art tells the story of a parade in St. Louis 25 years ago that ended with the donkey locking up at the church door, then visits medieval Germany, where wooden Palmesel statues on wheels were pulled through village streets to keep Christ's coming at the level of the crowd. Matthew quietly drops "triumphant and victorious" from his Zechariah quote because, as Fr. Art explains, this is a modest entry, a king on a borrowed donkey walking at the pace of his people. Drawing on Luther, Barth, and C.S. Lewis's Sarah Smith of Golders Green, Fr. Art holds authority and lowliness together, the king who came to carry. Be careful what you wish for, and be grateful when God gives you better.

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