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William D. Lindsey

It’s Holy Thursday, and so I’m thinking, of course, about Jesus’ command that his followers serve each other and not seek to lord it over others. As was typical in his ministry, he put this message into action by taking a basin and towel and washing his disciples’ feet, an action people considered “lower” than others — slaves and women — undertook in his culture.

Thinking about the significance of the gospel accounts on which Holy Thursday is based brings to mind another letter I wrote to the the-bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, in September 1997. As with the letter I shared on Palm Sunday, I have spoken about this letter in a previous posting without sharing its entire text here. Now I’d like to share the letter in full.

Colleen responded to the letter I shared on Palm Sunday by noting that…