Second Sunday in Lent (Year 4, NL)

If our faith cannot help us escape tribulations, then what should we do when we face them?

There is no one who does not need God’s mercy and no one who may not have it.

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?

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

On giving Eugene Peterson's The Message another chance

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.”

I preached a word of judgment. The stranger in the back row heard grace.

Foot washing expresses John’s vision of communion.

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.