Emphasis Preaching Journal

Palm Sunday of 1985, I walked with thousands of Palestinian Christians from the village of Bethany, over the Mount of Olives, down the slope to the Kidron Valley, up to the old city of Jerusalem, through the Lion's Gate (St. Stephen's), following the route of Jesus on that Jewish "Monday." Despite the words of the old hymn, there were probably no children singing nor palms used. We pilgrims of 1985 sang hymns in Greek, English, Armenian, Syrian, Coptic, and Ethiopian.