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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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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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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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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.
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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…