One Palm Sunday, a mother took her three-year-old nephew to Church. When the ushers walked down the aisle with armloads of palms, the little boy cried out, "Oh boy, corn on the cob!" (1)

At another Palm Sunday service, a woman was holding her 5-year-old niece on her lap while they listened to the pastor's sermon. The preacher described Jesus' approach to Jerusalem and how the crowds cried, "Hosanna, Hosanna!"

At that, the little girl perked up and began to singing, "Oh, Hosanna, now don't you cry for me, I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee!" (2)

I. Triumph to Tragedy

Churches celebrate Palm Sunday in different ways. We have our Palm Parade with the kids. At one church the people meet in a room beneath the sanctuary. When everyone is ready they emerge through a side door to proc…