Lessons from the Footwashing

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We can gather several lessons from John 13 and the footwashing. We must learn to love as Jesus loved—with humility, servanthood and self-sacrifice (John 13:34; 15:12-13). The number one sign of God's people is their love for one another (John 13:35 and much of the book of 1 John). Godly love involves compassion, sympathy and empathy. We can gain understanding and inspiration from devoted caregivers and compassionate people in service professions like many nurses. The footwashing symbolizes our responsibility to “wash one another’s feet” every day of the year (John 13:13-17; Matthew 25:31-46).
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Donald Hooser

Don Hooser is a minister for the United Church of God. He lives in McKinney, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  He and his wife Elsie had three children, and she died in August 2020.  Don married Judy in January 2022.  Mr. Hooser graduated in 1963 from Southern Methodist University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and graduated in 1966 from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas.  For most of the time since then, he served as the pastor of churches in Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. From 2011 until his retirement in 2021, his primary responsibility was answering the many letters written to the Church.