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Who was the woman at the well
in the Bible and did she have a name? What good part did she
play in Jesus' life when they met there?
This incident recorded in John 4: 1-42 was a pivotal moment
for Jesus. By interacting with this "Samaritan woman" (never
named) as he did, Jesus revealed several critical dimensions
of his messiahship.
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by Tom Ehrich
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Our Thirst for God |
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There are times when God feels as palpable and near as
the breath passing through our nostrils.
But the days pass along. New encounters slip into our lives,
pain encroaches and leaves us raw, arguments tamper
with our peace, and stress coils snakelike in our soul,
squeezing out joy. As we respond to all these changes, we
find ourselves losing our hold on the memories of
closeness with God that once were so potent and real.
We hardly notice at first. Then a
moment comes when we start to feel something akin to
thirst…We feel drained of the moisture of God's
grace. We cast about trying to see
what situations and people in our lives are to blame for our
malaise, when what is really needed is to turn ourselves
away from the situations, the encounters, and the stress
and enter a space where we can meet again the One who
fills the thirst of our soul with love and hope. It is not action
but non-action that is required.
from When You're
Feeling Spiritually Dry
by Renée Miller
Living Water
Let's look just for a moment at water. We need it for the new
life of baptism. We need it to maintain health and life. We
need it to maintain cleanliness. We find that water makes up
80% of our bodies and a similar percentage of our planet
earth.
Yet, literal water is nothing as
compared to living water…What is this
living water? It is the mystery of
meaning in life, of love, of trust, of art. Living water is God in
the mix. Living water is effervescence for life vs. the
flatness of existing.
from Living
Water
by the Rev. William A. Kolb
 Sacred Landscapes
As a child I did not have the words "sacred landscape," or
"holy site," but I had an intense experience of an actual
place that vividly revealed the Presence of God. The
Scriptural words of "living water" were echoed daily in that
place.
from
Where Can I Touch
the Edge of Heaven?
by Sylvia Maddox
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