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Tenebrae is a Holy Week liturgy that, notably, has no direct connection to the scriptural accounts of Jesus' final days in Jerusalem.

We may celebrate Palm Sunday as the triumphant return of Jesus to Jerusalem, but the liturgy also involves pain, despair, and utter heartbreak. “God came as human to the bone,” preaches the Rev. Michael A. Bird, “which means human enough to experience human doubts, bone-deep despair, and betrayal.”

Palm Sunday, which Christians mark as the start of the holiest week of their church calendar, is a feast with a dual identity.

Each week, we’re offering a simple family-style service for you and your family to follow together at home. We hope these resources will help you find time to worship together at whatever time and in whatever way feels most comfortable and authentic for you.

It is an astonishing insight into the nature of God that the Kingdom be built on the selfless love and suffering of God’s son.

We’re delighted to debut our new website, designed with our congregation and website visitors in mind. It is faster, easier to find what you’re looking for, and organized for search engine optimization. The rich, bold colors and bright photography center our community members, and the functionality is based on a new tagging system.

I think it would be well for us to soften and open eagerly to the possibility of the green shoots that will emerge from our cracked seeds.