John 13

How might the church’s history have been different if foot washing had caught on more widely?

Jesus seems to encourage a kind of musical chairs, no one staying put for very long.

Would Peter resist having his feet washed by another disciple?

People sometimes regress to childlike behavior in stressful situations.

Peter is hardly the first person to challenge the status quo because of something God told him in a dream.

In a pandemic, the practices associated with Maundy Thursday feel nearly transgressive.

As he washes Peter’s feet, Jesus is thinking about Judas.

Anyone who has occupied spaces where death looms knows that the experience of time is anything but certain.

Jesus is saying, Love should feel like this.

It makes me uncomfortable. That’s by design.

We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Feet.”

Here we find Jesus speaking in language both mystical and matter of fact.

Foot washing expresses John’s vision of communion.

Christian theology is a love story.

The enduring significance of Jesus’ act in John 13 turns on the little preposition to.

When I was a youth pastor, I was familiar with John 13—but the idea of footwashing freaked me out.