Faith
The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.
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Finding a way into the story of the woman at the well isn’t usually a problem. Hearing the true generosity is harder.
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We often call this passage “the woman at the well,” almost as if Jesus isn’t even there, like he plays no part.
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The image Jesus often uses of “the harvest” is useful and, at times, disorienting. Here’s why it can really work.
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Between Nicodemus and the woman at the well is some teaching we don’t want and John the Baptist deferring even more.
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Jesus’s encounter with Nicodemus is a story rich with possibility, value-judgment, and expectations. Reading it that way helps.
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The challenge for Nicodemus is obvious. The fear of being found out. Of course, this isn’t really his problem, but ours.