1. Service & Radical Hospitality as Spiritual Practice of Jesus
John 13:1-17
Service & Radical Hospitality
as Spiritual Practice of Jesus
11:2 – Mary wipes the feet of Jesus
(story told in 12:1-7)
“Your brother will Rise again” ~11:23
“The dead man came out, his Hands and Feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his Face.” ~11:44
“As soon as Judas(objected Mary) had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.” ~13:30 / 11:10*
“Know this: Jesus is called Jesus, he is not called Pontius Pilate. Jesus cannot wash his hands: he only knows how to take a risk!”
~Pope Francis 

2. Not avoidance (triggers? / Incarnation! – Emotional –
“You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.  Remain in me, as I also remain in you.”
John 15:3-4
Not avoidance (triggers? / Incarnation! – Emotional –
“He loved them to the end”
13:1 “lean in”
“See how he loved him.”
11:35
“Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? But now as for what is inside you–be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.” Luke 11:39-41

3. “A spiritual practice is any regular and intentional activity that establishes, develops, and nourishes a personal relationship with the Divine in which we allow ourselves to be transformed.” (re-wiring of our heart!)
way of life / vibrancy!
Service & Hospitality is not about doing but about being - not about serving per se, but about becoming a servant… One whose soul is fed through the practice! (With not For)
“The church is the community attentive to the dangers and possibilities of solidarity in a culture which thrives on our divisions and isolations.” (chaos!) - Brueggemann

4. “We don’t think ourselves into a new way of acting, we act ourselves into a new way of thinking”
“I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
13:15