Tag: Saints

I hate wearing nametags. Maybe that’s why I’m always attracted to the unnamed people in Scripture, like the anonymous woman who washes Jesus’ feet in Mark’s version of the story, or the unnamed young man who runs away naked to avoid being captured by the police who are arresting Jesus in the garden. I think of St. Bartholomew as part of their company. His name, roughly translated just means “son of Tolmai.” No real claim to fame there, nothing really to put on a nametag.