Notes from a Sojourn
April 9, 2020
Maundy Thursday

Presence

The saving force of Christian faith is not my ascent to higher elevations of thought and prayer.
It is God’s descent into the presence of my life.
It is the man in his undershirt washing dirt from the cracks in my feet.

Colin+

Jesus washing the disciples' feet (1929), detail of mural by David Paynter, 1900-1975.
Trinity College Chapel, Kandy, Sri Lanka.