Why My Holy Week Started Away From Church

On the day Christians celebrate Jesus triumphal entry, I sat hurting and anxious.

For the first time in (possibly) my entire life, I did not start Holy Week gathered with saints in a local congregation. I spent Palm Sunday gathered with two saints in my childhood home. I would much rather the situation have been different, where I spent my day singing hymns and hearing God’s Word taught. But in this situation, I don’t think I could’v…