Shoes and Prayer Meetings

I take my shoes off for prayer meetings, mostly (whenever appropriate). You see for me my shoes symbolize my contact with the world, where earth and I meet. At prayer meetings I also empty my pockets of keys, phone, and wallet. These too are ways that I engage with the world, and so I place them in my shoes by the door.

I lay aside these dirty, earthy things and come before God (who is Holy) without them. This is why I think Jesus washing the feet of the disciples is so cool. Jesus washes the filth and grime from the world off of us, to make us clean.