Ever feel like you’re just going through the motions spiritually, like you're "living dehydrated" even though you’re doing all the right things? Today we dive into the story of the woman at the well to show how Jesus doesn't dodge our messy histories or the things that make us feel like outsiders—he actually walks right into them to offer a fresh start.  

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References:

• Princess Diana's Handshake with Aids Patient, BBC
• “Jesus is not pointing out her sin but meeting her in her deepest shame.” - Kristi McLelland, Jesus and Women: In the First Century and Now
• “The strict Rabbis forbade a Rabbi to greet a woman in public. A Rabbi might not even speak to his own wife or daughter or sister in public. There were even Pharisees who were called ‘the bruised and bleeding Pharisees’ because they shut their eyes when they saw a woman on the street and so walked into walls and houses!” (Barclay)