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A spring of living water is not easily controlled.
by Serena Rice
March 8, Lent 3A (John 4:5–42)
Jesus’ opening approach to the woman at the well is one that confesses his own need.
Making old things new
Great artists know that the past provides essential ingredients for the future. Jacob Collier exemplifies this. So does Jesus.
She doesn’t even have a name. Surely she is a questionable character if she has no name.
March 12, Lent 3A (Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; John 4:5-42)
Water dominated the imaginations of our ancestors in faith, whose stories often called for either a canteen or galoshes.
A barbershop births a church of drug users, ex-cons, and homeless folks
Others have given up on them, but not God.
A prophetic ministry of relationship
Jesus in conversation with three women in the Gospels
Living water isn’t just a metaphor
On the cross, Jesus needed actual water. No one gave him any.
Women of the Bible say #MeToo
Read Tamar or Dinah's story with your church. Listen together for their cries.
Reading the Bible as a feminist
From creation to Mary Magdalene, Barbara E. Reid offers convincing alternatives to sexist interpretations of scripture.
by Julie Morris
How do we wrap our minds around hunger?
Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well, by Guercino
No one from the outside can fully grasp the inner workings of any marriage. Even those inside sometimes find themselves lonely and strangers.
Jesus chooses a circumstance of division, then instigates community.
When you pray at LA's cathedral, you are part of humanity past, future and in the inglorious, unromanticized present.
Respectable women made their trips to the well in the morning, not at noon.