The Order of the Basin and Towel
It is Thursday night, the night before Jesus was to be crucified. In John 13:1-2 we read that Jesus' hour had come, and he would soon be dead. This was his destiny and these men with him were his beloved disciples, the men he had chosen and the Father had given him.
What is Maundy Thursday?
In some traditions, churches will have evening worship services to remember the time of teaching in the Upper Room where Jesus taught the first Lord’s Supper. We call those worship services Maundy Thursday services. I remember a man asking me “Pastor what is ‘Maundy Thursday”? He was new to the church. Some of you might also be asking “What is Maundy Thursday?” Most people know what Good Friday is and I am reasonably sure the vast majority of people know about Easter. But, I would hazard a guess that most do not know what Maundy Thursday is.
My Personal Jesus Revolution
February 1969 was just like any February in my life up to now, at least that is what I thought. I was a freshman in high school and I found myself on a Young Life retreat at a Salvation Army Youth camp in southern Ohio. I had been attending Young Life, a Christian youth outreach that met weekly, since school started in September 1968. Also, I went every Thursday morning to Teen Breakfast Club, a youth outreach ministry of College Hill Presbyterian Church.
Chapter One: They Call Me HoJo
“Hey, HoJo, you awake up there? Everyone keeps asking about you, and I could use some help!” I awoke with a jolt, “Where am I?" Then I realize I am home in my bed, but why does everything smell like smoke? “Fire!” I tumbled out of bed only to realize that I was smelling myself! I got called out to a fire last night, and when I came home, I never changed out of my clothes. I must have just crawled into bed in my clothes.
HoJo - Waiting on God
HoJo - Waiting on God is about a man named Howard Johnson (AKA HoJo) who dreamed as a youth of becoming a well-known restaurant entrepreneur. However, he ended up being a Bible Teacher for over thirty years at an international Christian school in Penang Malaysia. One day he was called to the school office to hear that his father was ill and dying. His mom cried out “Come Home HoJo.”