As I write this, I am also watching the Historic Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black female justice to the Supreme Court. I am reminded that last year Kamala Harris, of Black and Asian heritage was sworn in as the Vice President of the United States of America. Thirteen years ago Barack Obama became the President of this country and made history as the first Black person to be elected to this office.

First of all, a very big THANK YOU to everyone who helped build sandwiches or donated money for supplies for sandwiches for our lunch building activities for the Night Ministry last week. It felt really good driving up to the Night Ministry bus and handing off boxes of food that had been assembled with love! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 

So. This week is Palm Sunday. Jesus enters Jerusalem. Jerusalem, that most ubiquitous of Biblical locations. That most holy of cities. Location of bloodshed and of worship, land of hope and promise...and land which has been fought over continually for thousands of years like a giant bloody game of tug-of-war.