| Leah: Well, perhaps I'll tell you next week. | | Leah: Well, perhaps I'll tell you next week. |
− | TOMAS: Perhaps it is a good [[exercise]] for all of us, even our readers. Remember in the upper room on the evening of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179 Last Supper], the 12 apostles went into the room and Jesus stayed behind to visit with [[John Mark]]'s parents. And so, as the 12 apostles were without servants in the room, they neglected to do the foot washing and, instead, scrambled for their chairs, vying for [[position]], at which time Jesus entered the room. And so there is only [[Jesus]] and the 12 apostles and yet, when "he accepted the cup from Thaddeus" ... now who is Thaddeus? That is the question. That is the assignment. It is an [[academic]] and fun assignment. One that will get your nose into your [[textbook]] and out of that meddling, self-contemplating, (group giggling) time-consuming, [[ego]]-justifying behavior that we are so well known for in this [[Teaching Mission]]. | + | TOMAS: Perhaps it is a good [[exercise]] for all of us, even our readers. Remember in the upper room on the evening of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_179 Last Supper], the 12 apostles went into the room and Jesus stayed behind to visit with [[John Mark]]'s parents. And so, as the 12 apostles were without servants in the room, they neglected to do the foot washing and, instead, scrambled for their chairs, vying for [[position]], at which time Jesus entered the room. And so there is only [[Jesus]] and the 12 apostles and yet, when "he accepted the cup from Thaddeus" ... now who is Thaddeus? That is the question. That is the assignment. It is an [[academic]] and fun assignment. One that will get your nose into your [[textbook]] and out of that meddling, self-contemplating, (group giggling) time-consuming, [[ego]]-justifying behavior that we are so well known for in this [[Teaching Mission]]. |
| Elizabeth: We have a [[reputation]], evidently. | | Elizabeth: We have a [[reputation]], evidently. |