Lent 3A
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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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After the woman at the well, Jesus gets rebellious at home, drives a wedge between his followers, and takes on the leaders.
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The boundaries evident in the passage about the woman at the well are evocative. And so is the way Jesus crosses them.
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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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Between Nicodemus and the woman at the well is some teaching we don’t want and John the Baptist deferring even more.