A towel and a basin – servants’ tools. Perhaps like the housekeeper’s cart in the hotel hallway or the polish and cloth in the hands of the man who shines shoes at the airport. Would Jesus step behind the bin of towels and soap, toilet paper and tiny shampoos? Would he tap on the shoulder of the person bent in half, whisking away at brown loafers and say, “Go take a break. I’ll finish this job”? No one volunteers to take the place...
Servants’ tools: A Maundy Thursday meditation
“Let me take your place,” Jesus says, behind the broom, in front of the hot stove, beside the assembly line, underneath the crushing weight of sin.
