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The song Christ our Passover was written to illuminate the Palm Sunday account. However, as I have meditated on this verse this Easter God has given me new insights into the meaning of Easter. The song is taken from I Corinthians 5:7 “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us therefore let us keep the feast.” There are three other lines to the song that combine to form a cacophony of sound like the confusion that must have greeted Jesus as he entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. The second part of the song with its own distinct melody is… ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Matthew 21:9 The third part of the song with a third melody also comes from Matthew 21:9 …” Hosanna in the highest, and the final part of the song with a still different melody is simply… “Alleluia’. As I was teaching this song to my students the significance of these bible verses began to make this a very meaningful Easter.  The context of Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem is significant. Jesus chose to ...

  March came in like a lamb, knocked us down like a lion , and ended like a lamb. This month we were able to start a marriage mentoring group in the Cartago Church. We had a major car accident on the road to Panama at the Costa Rican border, and we ended the second trimester at school. There is just one trimester to go! It’s hard to believe that we are now scheduled to leave Costa Rica at the end of July. It seems like yesterday that our church Risen Hope sent us out.  Students taking a group selfie in chapel Our Panama Accident Chapel   There are not many holidays in March. We did mention Saint Patrick’s Day, but most of the students had never heard of it. The highlight of this month’s chapels was taking a group selfie when we were discussing the theme of Christian Unity. It was really great to explore with the students how holiness and unity can conflict, and then produce unity in our diversity.  Accident I needed to leave the country to renew my tourist VISA, so...