SueMosher

Here in Washington, DC, we have more than our share of progressive-minded UMC clergy. My Universalist (UU but not Unitarian) church is currently without a settled minister, and the series of guest preachers has included more than a few Methodist ministers whose messages were very well received.

Among the things I added to our church web site this week was a prayer I wrote for our Good Friday liturgy a couple of years ago, adapted from the Orthodox vespers liturgy:

Our feet are washed,

and our souls have been nourished at your festival table, O God.

Yet, at the end of our journey to Jerusalem,

we encounter a fearful sight.

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