Happy Easter, beloved!  

Today is Maundy Thursday. In some liturgical denominations, it's referred to as Holy Thursday. So where does the word "Maundy" come from? 

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:34-35 NKJV, italics added)   

For hundreds of years, the most common version of the Scriptures was the Latin Vulgate (translated from the Hebrew and Aramaic by Saint Jerome between 382 and 405 AD). In Latin, the phrase "new commandment" is translated, "mandatum novum." "Maundy" is derived from this Latin word, "mandatum," meaning "commandment," or, most literally, "mandate."

So today, on "New Commandment Thursday," this holy anniversary of the Last Supper, may we profoundly demonstrate the life-changing, unconditional love of Christ toward one another...for His glory!  

He is risen!    

Tom & Deanna 

P.S. A family prayer request

I'm writing you from a hotel in our hometown of Franklin, Tennessee, since Deanna and I, along with our two dogs, are temporarily displaced from our home, due to the substantial damage it sustained from a sewage backup during our recent  mission trip to California....more... 

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