No one wants to do a dirty or lowly work. We prefer what is easy and comfortable to what is lowly and unglamorous. At the celebration of the Jewish Passover on the night before he died, we witness a powerful and unusual scene: Jesus, the Master, gets his hands dirty and washes the feet of his disciples.
In the time of Jesus people walked to where they were going, wearing sandals on dusty and rough paths and roads. At houses jars of water were provided to wash the feet before entering…