Tag: Lent 3A

  • A Family Reunion — the unique power of radical hospitality

    A Family Reunion — the unique power of radical hospitality

    When Jesus visits with the woman at the well, we are invited into an instructive moment; to be radically present to build uncommon intimacy.

  • The Disciples at the Well — for Lent 3A

    The Disciples at the Well — for Lent 3A

    The rebelliousness and transgressive character of Jesus is generous, inclusive. He knows he has access to the good water.

  • Between Lent 3 & 4 (Year A)

    Between Lent 3 & 4 (Year A)

    After the woman at the well, Jesus gets rebellious at home, drives a wedge between his followers, and takes on the leaders.

  • Having to

    Having to

    The boundaries evident in the passage about the woman at the well are evocative. And so is the way Jesus crosses them.

  • The Woman, Jesus, or the Well? (Lent 3A)

    The Woman, Jesus, or the Well? (Lent 3A)

    Finding a way into the story of the woman at the well isn’t usually a problem. Hearing the true generosity is harder.

  • Between Lent 2 & 3 (Year A)

    Between Lent 2 & 3 (Year A)

    Between Nicodemus and the woman at the well is some teaching we don’t want and John the Baptist deferring even more.

  • Intimate Distance

    Intimate Distance

    The woman at the well presents a unique challenge for us in a moment of anxiety, confusion, and distance. Which also makes it an opportunity.

  • Living Waters

    Living Waters

    Growing up on Lake Huron, in the northern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan, the living water of the Great Lakes is persistently present. Like a slumbering beast you knew would awaken. Not to us by the shore, by the harbor where fishing boats and freighters would dock. But out a few miles from…