What if on Palm Sunday, everyone came to the parade–not just those alive in the first century but our ancestors and descendants?  What if all the people who have who have experienced Christ’s healing touch, the healers who feel Christ’s presence moving through them, the mystics who sense the ineffable presence of God, the justice seekers who change our world, the listeners who find God in the parables, the prophets who preach of a new day, and all the strangers and outcasts who find their way to the table of God’s extravagant welcome showed up at the same parade?    Imagine the joy, hope, and power of that crowd.     The crowd would be unstoppable!  “Even the stones would cry out.”

Jesus invites us to continue the journey to the upper room, the garden, the cross and the empty tomb.  We walk that journey together, remembering that on Palm Sunday, the followers of Jesus are unstoppable as they gather with shouts of joy and open hearts.