I now go to a fairly low church.
I also grew up and worked in numerous low churches.
But, ironically, every church previous to my current one revolved around the liturgical calendar.
And, I think this link with tradition and the liturgical seasons is important.
Frankly, it’s something I miss about my current church.
For, while it passed with a mention, very little was made of Palm Sunday last week.
No palm branches.
No palm crosses.
No reading of the passage.
In fact, no ministry of the church - adults, teens or youth - focused on the events of Palm Sunday.
So… I missed Palm Sunday last week.
As I did last year.
And the year before that.
It’s only now that I’m out of the liturgical cycle that I see the true value of the repetition.
Palm Sunday. Christ the King Sunday. Trinity Sunday. Advent. Lent. Epiphany. Pentecost.
The repetition of traditions.
The repetition of the core stories.
The repetition of the central truths.
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