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Will You Give Me a Drink??

Published: March 10, 2020, 5 p.m.

This Sunday, the Second Sunday of Lent, we will continue our exploration of the Gospel of John in our sermon series, "The Questions Jesus asks."

Our Scripture reading is John 4:1-10,  a passage in which Jesus is leaving Judea and heading back to Galilee. On his way back home, Jesus travels through the region of Samaria and stops at a well outside of a small town. While the Disciples all go into town to get something to eat, a Samaritan woman carrying a water jar approaches Jesus at the well.

A tired, hungry, thirsty Jesus looks at the woman and asks, "Will you give me a drink?" It is a question that crosses borders and breaks boundaries. It is a question that can be both uncomfortable and yet invites us to dig deeper. It is a question asked in the everyday, but pushes us to consider the eternal. 

"Will you give me a drink?"