Bible in a Year :
Exodus 27–28,Matthew 21:1–22
In humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. - Philippians 2:3–4
Humility is difficult, and can be inconvenient. As I queued to enter the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, I thought how fitting it was to see our fellow clergy and their followers crouching low to enter. Later I learnt that this entrance is called the “door of humility”, and at 1.2 meters high, it reminds pilgrims that Jesus emptied himself as he took on the form of a human being. I hoped that these church leaders, when they returned home to Britain, would continue in this humble posture while following their Saviour.
Writing from prison...