Second Sunday in Lent (Year 4, NL)
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August 4, Ordinary 18B (2 Samuel 11:26—12:13a; Psalm 51:1–12)
There is no one who does not need God’s mercy and no one who may not have it.
March 28, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1–17, 31b–35)
How might the church’s history have been different if foot washing had caught on more widely?
Troubling the social order (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
Jesus seems to encourage a kind of musical chairs, no one staying put for very long.
April 6, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
Would Peter resist having his feet washed by another disciple?
April 14, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
In a pandemic, the practices associated with Maundy Thursday feel nearly transgressive.
A God who does laundry (Lent 5B) (Psalm 51:1-12)
On giving Eugene Peterson's The Message another chance
April 1, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
As he washes Peter’s feet, Jesus is thinking about Judas.
Tomorrow will come (Maundy Thursday)
Anyone who has occupied spaces where death looms knows that the experience of time is anything but certain.
April 9, Maundy Thursday (Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19; John 13:1–17, 31b–35)
Jesus is saying, Love should feel like this.
The strange, humbling ritual of foot washing
It makes me uncomfortable. That’s by design.
When a father and husband walked out, grace called him home
I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.
April 18, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
Foot washing expresses John’s vision of communion.
A servant-leader’s strength (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
The enduring significance of Jesus’ act in John 13 turns on the little preposition to.
March 29, Maundy Thursday (John 13:1-17, 31b-35)
When I was a youth pastor, I was familiar with John 13—but the idea of footwashing freaked me out.