The Towel, the Basin, and the Love That Stays
Joshua Hosler • April 3, 2026
When Jesus washes his disciples' feet, he's redefining power.
2026-22
sermon preached at Church of the Good Shepherd, Federal Way, WA
www.goodshepherdfw.org
by the Rev. Anna Lynn, Deacon
Maundy Thursday, April 2, 2026
Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14; Psalm 116:1, 10-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 ; John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Jesus allows all sorts of off-ramps from a life of faith.
Faith does not spare us from grief. It gives us language for it.
These are the goals of the leadership of Good Shepherd for 2026.
New forms of clarity can alienate us from the communities we’d always depended on before.
Even when we must endure, can we develop a thirst for what endurance is teaching us?
What will you do about the things you don’t yet understand?
The myth of Eden is to be believed in ... not taken literally.
We live in a beautiful world, but we’ve made a mess of it. So how do we fix it?
Over time, these stories will become your own stories. So keep coming back to them.
We are the light of the world, Jesus tells us. And we are salt ... and salt melts ice!