They have to be receptive and willing participants. There is a bond of Christian affection that ties the washer to the person whose feet are being washed. This humble gesture of foot washing points us to the path of service, compassion and love. All of this silliness and riskiness are at the bottom of Christian action in the world. For precisely this reason, foot washing may be a rite we need to jar us out of complacency and conformity into the riskiness of serving Christ.
Foot washing is more than a gesture.
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