Asked about the formative experiences of spiritual life many people will point to a “mountain top” moment... that instant when their questions had answers, and they felt connected: emotionally, intellectually, and physically in tune with the Holy Spirit. For the original disciples entering Jerusalem with Jesus on that original Palm Sunday must have been a mountain top moment. Walking with Jesus through large crowds of followers shouting in faithful celebration; it had to give them chills. We know a lot more was to follow later on, but reflecting on all this in real time, John wrote in the Gospel that the disciples didn’t understand these things at first. In that Palm Sunday moment, yes it was profound, but the disciples had not yet seen the whole story unfold, the picture was not complete. In what ways does our spiritual journey follow a similar pattern of both mountain top views and smaller glimpses, unfolding...
