Part two of a series on hope, Root and Branch Pastoral Intern, Keri Anderson, shares her thoughts on loneliness, the risk of being known, and the beloved community.
1It was just before the Passover Festival [and Jesus was sharing a final meal with his friends]. He knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
4 [While they were eating,] he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them.13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.