Quote of the Week

“Sadly, it only took five days for Palm Sunday hosannas to become Good Friday hisses. It only took five days for ‘Hail him!’ to become ‘Crucify him!’ It's interesting to look at what was going on with Jesus during those five days. On a walk from Bethany to Jerusalem, he got hungry. He spotted a fig tree, and that probably made him hungrier. But there was a problem. It wasn't fig season. That shouldn't be a problem for someone who can turn tap water into fine wine. Still, when Jesus found the tree fruitless, he cursed it rather than ‘fixed’ it. The next day the tree was shriveled and dead. We could chalk that up to Jesus being in a bad mood. Who could blame him? He knew what was coming. But maybe he was sending us a message. Maybe he was telling us and his disciples that every season is fruit season.”

- Bill Robinson, President of Whitworth University (April 2009)