Who Cleans Up the Mess?

Published: April 6, 2007, 10:55 p.m.

b'In his Maundy Thursday sermon, Glynn examines issues of power and responsibility in the church.\\n\\n"Who wipes up the kid\\u2019s mess? You know, when there is a cordial spill, or when mud is traipsed in? Ideally, so the family theory goes, \\u2018the one who made the mess cleans it up\\u2019. But you know and I know that ideals and theories don\\u2019t always work. Inevitably it comes back to Mum or Dad - or, in Jesus day, the servants.\\n\\nNot that Jesus had servants. He wasn\\u2019t from the wealthy end of town. But, being the local popular healer [or was it just the novelty factor?] he seems to have got a lot of invitations to the homes of wealthy people. \\u201cCome in, Mr Jesus.\\u201d \\u201cPleased to meet you, Mr Jesus.\\u201d \\u201cCare for some wine Mr Jesus?\\u201d" Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=322&id=716.'