Today is Maundy Thursday. Maundy, from the latin means Commandment: Commandment Thursday. What then is the commandment? What does Jesus tell his disciples to do? Jesus washes the disciples feet by Grieg Leach The great commandment of Jesus: Love one another as I have loved you. Today Jesus gives meat to that prayer. He bendsContinueContinue reading “Maundy Thursday…can’t get away”
Category Archives: Relationship
Identities: the ones we construct and the ones that construct us
The past few days have been the commemoration of the martyrdom of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., here at the seminary. We’ve been talking a lot about race, gender, sexual orientation, and other things that divide us. We’ve been wondering whether we live in a “post-racial America.” One of my favorite professors here,ContinueContinue reading “Identities: the ones we construct and the ones that construct us”
To Believe or not to Believe?
A buddy of mine at seminary and I have been having semi regular bouts of walking and theologizing. We’ve been discussing belief a lot around here. Often this takes a very negative, if comical form. Someone calls someone else a “heretic” because they express doubt about the perpetual virginity of Mary, say, or wonder aboutContinueContinue reading “To Believe or not to Believe?”
Standing on your head for Lent
Sometimes Jesus doesn’t make a lot of sense. In today’s Gospel reading he exhorts his followers to fast, but also tells them not to make a big deal of it. Though the Old Testament reading from Joel tells us to “Blow the Trumpet. Sanctify a fast.” Jesus says specifically, “Do not blow a trumpet.” Confusing.ContinueContinue reading “Standing on your head for Lent”
Mike Angell 