Reflections for

Maundy Thursday, Apr 02, 2015

Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14; Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-17, 31b-35

From the CCblogs Network

New Commandment and footwashing Thursday

Mar 28, 2013 by James F. McGrath

Apparently the term “Maundy Thursday” comes from the Latin phrase “mandatum novum” meaning “new commandment.” The reference is to John 13, which features the story of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, followed by his statement about a new commandment he has given them, to love one another.

We actually reached this passage in my class on the Gospel of John yesterday, and had an interesting discussion about whether this commandment is “new,” and if so, in what sense.

Cover Story

Who is communion for?

The debate over the open table

Nov 19, 2012 by Charles Hefling

Offering the elements to the unbaptized can be seen as a development and not a revolution, but it is a significant change. Is it a good one?

Features

Tender ministry

Response to a betrayal

Sep 28, 2012 by Carol Howard Merritt

Finally, Mom put the phone down. She took a large basin and placed our nicest guest towels in it. "Carol!" she yelled. "Let's go!"

Living by the Word

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Mark 10:2–16

Sep 25, 2012 by Kathy Wolf Reed

One summer when I was a children’s camp counselor at a Presbyterian camp in northern Indiana, I spent long days listening to what we counselors affectionately referred to as nonstop “wubbins questions.”

“Wubbins if I don’t know how to swim?”

“Wubbins if a bear comes into our cabin?”

Books

Unclean

Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality

By Richard Beck

Unclean, by Richard Beck

Jun 27, 2012 reviewed by Amy Frykholm

A man stumbled into church drunk and bleeding from his hand. "I have hepatitis C," he said. I remembered this as I read Richard Beck's book Unclean.

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