Hundreds of church leaders and community members sang “Peace Like a River” and waved green palms in the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza in Eugene on Sunday, March 29.
It was Palm Sunday, a Christian holiday that celebrates the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, and marks the start of Holy Week. The group, which included clergy from churches throughout Lane County, had gathered at First Christian Church before marching to the plaza.
Multiple churches partnered to plan the event, which was part of a nationwide demonstration to reclaim Christianity from authoritarianism and speak out against white Christian nationalism…