Love Knows How to Stoop – May 11, 2022
“Love knows how to take a basin and a towel, how to stoop and meet the needs of the disciples, how to meet the needs of the world. A person will never be at home in the Christian church until he or she learns how to be at home with a basin and a towel. […]
Divine Encounter
My memory takes me to a prayer service I attended at Christ House, a medical care and whole being recovery facility for homeless men in Washington, DC. I sat shoulder to shoulder with patients and staff and others gathered to acknowledge our belonging in the hands of a loving God and offer our longing for […]
Green on Both Sides
In the lectionary reading this week*, John provides his version of Jesus’ instruction on the Greatest Commandment, or as he calls it “a new commandment.” Jesus says this after washing their feet, showing the disciples what he means by spiritual cleanliness through humility. Note: this included Judas Iscariot, to whom Jesus also offered Communion at […]
True Encounter
“At the intersection of death and life, we encounter Jesus. Not only at points of death, not only in the fullness of life, but at times and places where the two brush up against one another, where we meet ourselves on the narrow bridge between hope and despair, are we most apt to meet him. […]
