valuable traditions re-worked...
ok - so much of me is bent toward what is new and fresh. but i've also realized that i will gravitate to the redemption & revitalization of the old. example: i love the use of old buildings for new things. my wife says that if i had it my way we'd be living in a burned out old mattress factory. she's not far off. if only there were such a building in rural mid-michigan.
i digress -
i'd like to hear if there are any of you that are re-working the foot washing/communion gathering on maundy-thursday. we had one, but it was the usual poor attendance & little excitement connected to the experience [i'm not suggesting that we ought to be doing cartwheels as we enter, but...].
is there a way to re-invent the practice while keeping the mental picture that Christ shapes as giving of ourselves for others, taking a servant roll, loosing life in order to gain it.
what did you do? if nothing, how can it be re-invented to grab meaning & the attention of the church again?
i digress -
i'd like to hear if there are any of you that are re-working the foot washing/communion gathering on maundy-thursday. we had one, but it was the usual poor attendance & little excitement connected to the experience [i'm not suggesting that we ought to be doing cartwheels as we enter, but...].
is there a way to re-invent the practice while keeping the mental picture that Christ shapes as giving of ourselves for others, taking a servant roll, loosing life in order to gain it.
what did you do? if nothing, how can it be re-invented to grab meaning & the attention of the church again?
Labels: foot washing, re-invention
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