Bodies Matter—and that’s no fish tale! Easter Tuesday 4/22/25

Bodies Matter—and that’s no fish tale! Easter Tuesday 4/22/25

ByChed Myers

   Luke’s Epilogue to his gospel—the amazing Emmaus Road journey—culminates with the scattered, traumatized community of Jesus-followers regathering at a Jerusalem safe house, still trying to reckon with the execution of their rabbi (Lk 24:33-47). There, the beleaguered disciples must struggle with an even more shocking prospect, both joyful and astonishing, as the Risen Christ…

A different kind of foot-washing; Maundy Thursday 4/17/25

A different kind of foot-washing; Maundy Thursday 4/17/25

ByChed Myers

On this day, many Christians ritually perform mutual foot washing, after the example of Jesus in John 13:1-12. It is powerful theater, which means to deconstruct hierarchy and division. There is a very different tradition about foot washing in Luke 7:36-50, which is also a demonstration of solidarity that subverts patriarchy, invisibility and domination. Unfortunately,…