Forgive us, Lord Jesus,because we have betrayed youin a thousand mindless ways. All day we workwithout working for your kingdom. All day we talkwithout talking about your love. All day we eat and drinkwithout remembering your goodness. Now the day is nearly over, and we cannot change what we have doneor left undone. But we doContinue reading “All Day: a Confession of Sins for Maundy Thursday”
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Responsive Communion Liturgy for Maundy Thursday
The Lord’s Supper
Maundy Thursday Blessing
Jesus said, “Eat this bread and drink this cup In remembrance of me.” On the cross, a criminal hung beside him. The criminal said, “Jesus, Remember me when you come into your kingdom.” And Jesus promised that he would. We remember the story. We make love our first memory– our foundational memory. We remember weContinue reading “Maundy Thursday Blessing”
In Remembrance (A Maundy Thursday Communion Liturgy)
Tonight, at this table, we remember we remember another table, in another place and time not a sanctuary but an upper room where friends gathered to celebrate their sacred meal the Passover and to remember what God had done for them. We remember the beginning before the beginning where there was nothing chaos and voidContinue reading “In Remembrance (A Maundy Thursday Communion Liturgy)”
Two Hands and a Basin (A Maundy Thursday Poem)
John 13:1-5 Two hands and a basin and a towel at his waist against twenty-four feet that had followed him this far. Without his outer robe he looked frail, tired, old almost and they heard how his knees creaked as he bent towards each pair of feet sore and smelly calloused and hairy crackedContinue reading “Two Hands and a Basin (A Maundy Thursday Poem)”
Deep Well Worship 