If you were out at work this morning, or running errands, you know that most of the world is having a typical day today. People are going to the bank, to exercise, to shop for groceries. People are going to work and coming home. They are getting coffee, standing in line for   a bagel, and chopping food for dinner. They’re typing away, writing emails, developing code, designing buildings. Other people are giving or receiving medical tests, taking chemo and radiation, sitting through the hours of dialysis.

All over, there’s nothing special about today.

And, it turns out, there’s nothing special about Jesus, either.

We’re here today because it’s not quite enough to wave our palms and then bask in Easter’s joy — we want to stand with Jesus’ friends and family at the cross, watching and waiting. W…