Tag: John 13:1-17 31-35

Holy Week, Sermon

Coming Clean About Ourselves – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35

Here’s my question. What in you needs to come clean tonight? And what is your fear about that?

This is not about whether you will wash someone’s feet or take off your shoes and socks and let your feet be washed. This is about your own sense of worthiness and whether you are enough. 

I wonder if the question of worthiness is why more people will come to church on Good Friday than tonight. Maybe it’s why more people glory in the cross than the basin. We’re okay with Jesus dying for our sins but not okay with him washing our feet. I think the same reason lies behind both of those things: we don’t feel worthy. Continue reading Coming Clean About Ourselves – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35

Michael K. Marsh5 Comments
Holy Week, Sermon

Let’s Never Stop Loving – A Maundy Thursday Sermon On John 13:1-7, 31-35

Maundy Thursday – John 13:1-17, 31-35 The last couple of days I’ve been thinking of previous Maundy Thursdays and previous foot washings. There are no feet to wash tonight but I think there’s something to be learned from that.   One of the things that struck me as I thought about this night and this liturgy is that Maundy Thursday just might be the original … Continue reading Let’s Never Stop Loving – A Maundy Thursday Sermon On John 13:1-7, 31-35

Michael K. Marsh5 Comments
Holy Week, Sermon

This Is Our Night – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday – John 13:1-17, 31-35 “You will never wash my feet,” Peter says to Jesus. What’s that about? What’s going on with Peter?  I don’t know but I have a guess. I think it’s about more than having his feet washed. In fact, I don’t think it’s even about his feet. I think it’s about feeling vulnerable, exposed, and uncertain about taking his share … Continue reading This Is Our Night – A Sermon On John 13:1-17, 31-35 For Maundy Thursday

Michael K. Marsh12 Comments
Maundy Thursday, Foot Washing, Holy Week, Matthew 13:1-17, 31-35, Sermon
Holy Week, Sermon

Taking our Share with Jesus – A Sermon for Maundy Thursday on John 13:1-17, 31-35

I’ve now been here at St. Philip’s long enough that you probably know one of the things I emphasize in my teaching, preaching, and our life together is the movement from thinking to experience, the practice of living out of our hearts rather than our heads. My focus on this is as much for me as it is for you. I teach that because I … Continue reading Taking our Share with Jesus – A Sermon for Maundy Thursday on John 13:1-17, 31-35

Michael K. Marsh10 Comments
Holy Week, Liturgical Feasts and Fasts, Sermon

All Are Washed, All Are Loved – A Sermon for Maundy Thursday; John 13:1-17, 31-35

The collect and readings for Maundy Thursday may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 13:1-17, 31-35. One by one, Jesus kneels on the floor in front of each disciple. One by one, the water of his love washes over the feet of each disciple. No one is left out. Judas. Peter. The ones who say nothing. All are washed. All are loved. … Continue reading All Are Washed, All Are Loved – A Sermon for Maundy Thursday; John 13:1-17, 31-35

Michael K. Marsh6 Comments
Lectionary, Liturgical Feasts and Fasts, Sermon

A Sermon for Maundy Thursday, John 13:1-17, 31-35

The collect and readings for Maundy Thursday may be found here. The appointed gospel is John 13:1-17, 31-35, Jesus washing the disciples’ feet. Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had … Continue reading A Sermon for Maundy Thursday, John 13:1-17, 31-35

Michael K. Marsh2 Comments