Palm Sunday exposes our desire that God conquer on our terms. But in our turn towards Holy Week we finally begin to see God. A God who reveals an entirely different Kingdom altogether, a people of a different shape, different logic—a people who exist as a different politic.

Journaling Prompts:

Where do you see the ancient account of sin as an attempt to grasp and possess what God offers as gift in order to secure your life expressed in your desires, beliefs, and life? What are you reaching for and what do you believe it will give you?

At Christ’s Table we behold and participate in God’s life. In what ways does Christ’s table reshape your imagination for what success and the good life are? What does Jesus invite you to desire instead?

If Christ is our Politic—the shape of our common life offered as an alternative to the world, how does this shape your imagination of what Church is for? What would it look like for Redemption to live this way? In what ways does this implicate you personally?

Practice — Contemplation:

We do not arrive at Easter without passing through Holy Week. This is the week that exposes us — our desire to seize life on our own terms, and the way our grasping unmakes the world around us. And it is here we behold God most clearly as we see Jesus move towards the cross.

This week, journey with Jesus through Holy Week.

Monday — Mark 11:12–25 | Tuesday — Mark 11:27–33

Wednesday — Mark 12:1–11 | Thursday — Mark 14:12–25

As you read each day, sit with the question:

Where is Jesus refusing what I would have chosen for Him?