Tag: Christianity

“How many hands does it take to wash two feet? All of ours”: One of the defining moments of my life.

Published April 5, 2012 by Doug Harrison

John’s body was less like mine than anyone else’s in the room. In that room full of people with some very unique bodies and abilities, that was saying a lot. Everything in this particular prayer service was going to have a lot to do with what bodies can and cannot do, and how we live with that. It was this night I found and answered a new question:, “How many bodies it take to wash two feet?” Answer: All of ours.

"Disappointed with God"

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Manic Maundy: How you can prevent waging a personal war-on-Easter.

Published April 2, 2012 by Doug, the patient.

It is springtime and it seems the hectic demands I usually have around Christmas are beginning to over take Holy Week as well. Besides my normal work obligations I have time sensitive art projects, volunteer work, some important events with my friends and of course, church services. I feel like I am waging my own personal war on Easter trying to figure out what the most Christian choices I can make are. I suspect that I am not at all alone in this. I find myself asking familiar questions about what Christianity is all, “about,”

"Disappointed with God"

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