Perhaps some of you saw Mel Gibson's movie that came out a couple of years ago called Braveheart. In the movie William Wallace (a Scottish commoner) attempts to unite the feuding clans of Scotland in their fight against England in the 13th century. He attempts to elicit the help of Robert the Bruce, the leader of the most powerful clan. Bruce refuses to help and in soliloquy he says: "Wallace is an uncompromising man. Uncompromising men are admirable. But only a compromising man can be king."

We can affirm that on Palm Sunday an uncompromising man became King of all history. Of course, there are many things that we do have to bend on. On strategies we can compromise, but not in principles. There must come a time when we ask: Is this the way it is--Yes or No? Palm Sunday challenges the notion that all of life is but a part of the compromising process.