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When Jesus visits with the woman at the well, we are invited into an instructive moment; to be radically present to build uncommon intimacy.
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The rebelliousness and transgressive character of Jesus is generous, inclusive. He knows he has access to the good water.
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The assumed division of rivals is treated as impenetrable and impossible to resolve. But it is often only a failure of imagination.
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Jesus’s encounter with Nicodemus is a beautiful expression of what love and devotion might look like, when we begin to uncover it ourselves.
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Part of the challenge of the story of Nicodemus visiting Jesus at night is that we are too accepting of the inherent conflict.
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Jesus’s teaching on secrecy and openness is complex. A more fundamental truth is needed for making sense of it: honesty.
