EpiscoGrrl<p>According to <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/TheDisciplesWay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDisciplesWay</span></a> the <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/FourthWeekofLent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthWeekofLent</span></a> is about <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Service</span></a> This is a tricky one. <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> is primarily about serving others, at least that’s what the gospels, including today’s lesson (Matthew 20:26b-28) tells us. It’s not something many of us, who call ourselves <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a> do very well. Instead of looking into the souls of others &amp; celebrating the image of the Divine in them, we seem to be turning away from anyone who does not show us God exactly as we perceive God to be &amp; we are totally willing to force everyone, including God, to be what we think He should be. The problem is: that’s not God, nor is it what we are called to be as Christians. Jesus changed the world by emptying himself for the sake of others. We, in contrast, are trying to hold onto everything we have &amp; grab ever more. We will succeed in changing the world, but not in a good way, because we want to be at the center of everything. We have forgotten, or never learned, how to be selfless like God is.</p>