“Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume” (John 12:3).

“It is all about choice,” said the Rev. Roger Pancost, drawing a lesson from the Gospel’s description of the washing of Jesus’ feet by Mary, sister of Lazarus. In the story, Mary washes Jesus’ feet ...

Mary pouring nard on Jesus’ feet isn’t only about extravagant worship. Even half asleep at night, I knew when we had reached my grandparents’ house in a rural village in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. I ...

Cambridge, MA. There are many ways to interpret the great and solemn events of Holy Thursday, and preachers around the world take up different themes, ranging from the spiritual to the ecclesial to ...