최고 Anselmo 팟캐스트 (2021)

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The Blessing of the Cross -- Mark 8:31-38 (Rev. Allie Utley preaching) (Second Sunday in Lent) 17:23

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Rev. Allie Utley leads us in a reflection on the troubling image of the cross and invites us to consider this: In the suffering of the cross, God knows us, intimately, the whole of our human experience, including our sorrow and pain.저자 Rev. Allie Utley

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The Blessing of Discomfort -- Isaiah 58:1-12 (First Sunday in Lent) 21:47

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In our Lenten journey, God blesses us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that we might live deeply and from the heart.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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The Blessing of Dust -- Psalm 103 (Ash Wednesday) 15:11

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On Ash Wednesday, we remember that we are dust and that God’s steadfast love endures forever. With God, what will we make of the dust of our lives?저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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The Silence Between the Words -- Mark 9:2-9 (Transfiguration Sunday) 22:42

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Transfiguration brings us to the place where the words run out, and invites us into the holy experience of silence – the place where we meet God in ways that words simply cannot express.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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"The Real Presence of Christ" -- Mark 14:17-26 (Fifth Sunday After Epiphany) 17:34

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In communion, we embody the real presence of Christ. The real presence of Christ is not complete without you.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Psalm 139: Seen & Known -- Rev Ashley DeTar Birt (Fourth Sunday in Epiphany) 21:05

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Psalm 139 invites us to see ourselves and each other as seen and known by God.저자 Rev. Ashley DeTar Birt

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"Together We Serve" -- John 1:35-51 (Third Sunday After Epiphany) 20:48

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The Word becomes flesh as Jesus calls us into community – and we call each other – “Together We Serve.” The Word becomes flesh not at the centers of power – but in the vibrant pulse of life at the margins – in everyday folk and our everyday lives – in this Jesus of Nazareth, in this community of mutuality.…

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"Grace Abounds" -- Galatians 1:11-24 (Second Sunday of Epiphany; MLK Sunday) 22:07

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Grace is God’s unconditional love for the whole world. Grace insists that we say true things about systems of oppression and our complicity in those systems, and then calls us to change. Grace then allows those who have participated in the harm to participate in the healing.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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The Words We Say -- "A Place for You Here" -- Mark 1:1-15 (First Sunday After Epiphany) 22:35

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Claimed as God’s beloved in baptism, Jesus calls us to the work of making manifest in our humanity the life-giving, life-honoring reign of God.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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"This Is the Day" -- John 1:1-14; Psalm 118 (Second Sunday of Christmas & Sunday Before Epiphany) 19:01

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On the first Sunday of a new year, we turn to the beginning of the Gospel of John, affirming that God's Word becomes flesh in the midst of us. Always, as we begin again, Christ manifests God’s Word in us.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Overlooking the Obvious -- 2 Peter 3:9-14 (Rev. Reginald Avant, preaching) (2nd Sunday in Advent) 21:45

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Advent hope brings with it this question: Who do you want to be when Christ comes?저자 Rev. Reginald Avant

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"Light Dawns on a Weary World" -- Mark 13:24-37 (First Sunday of Advent) 20:25

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This Sunday, we begin our Advent theme: "Light Dawns on a Weary World." In the dawning of Christ’s new day, Jesus invites us to keep on watching – watching out for ourselves and each other, watching for what God is doing in the world, watching for the work that is ours to do.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Where Christ (the King) Stands -- Matthew 25:31-46 (Christ the King Sunday) 19:51

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The kingdom of God is like an ICU nurse. Christ the King stands in power and tender mercy with those whose backs are up against the wall, and brings about Christ’s reign of justice, healing, and peace.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Stay Woke -- 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (Rev. Ruth T. West, preaching) (24th Sunday After Pentecost) 19:15

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In Paul's letter to the Thessalonians, we hear a call to stay woke, to see what we see, and to be changed for good.저자 Rev. Ruth T. West

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Steady On -- Matthew 7:24-29 & Psalm 46 (23rd Sunday After Pentecost) 19:27

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Amid the storm, what we are doing here is building the house of our lives on the sure and steady foundation of God’s love for us in Jesus Christ. Hope is what we do every morning when we rise with the day and say, “We can do this.”저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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The Hope of the Saints -- Deuteronomy 8:6-18 (All Saints Day; 22nd Sunday After Pentecost) 19:20

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In the communion of the saints, our memory of life with God yesterday points us to where and how we might find our way to life today and tomorrow – not just for us, but for our children and our grandchildren, and for all the generations yet to come.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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"The World Is Full of Wonderful Things" -- Philippians 4:4-8 (21st Sunday After Pentecost) 15:27

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Even in the midst of a troublous world, standing in the unshakeoffable love of Jesus Christ, we affirm: "The world is full of wonderful things."저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Still Amazed -- Matthew 22:15-22 (Rev. Dr. Aimee Moiso, preaching) (Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost) 17:39

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The Pharisees and Herodians try to trap Jesus with a question about paying taxes to the Emperor. Jesus surprises us with a life-giving both/and when we’re preparing for an artificial yes or no. We follow One who sees the trap coming, unmasks the hypocrisy, and still sends the questioners away with new things to think about. The Resurrected One has …

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What Kings Do -- Why Every Vote Matters -- 1 Samuel 8 (19th Sunday After Pentecost) 21:02

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In an election year, we stand at the intersection of faith and public life, and consider the danger of tyranny and systemic racism, the promise of the right to vote, efforts to suppress that right, and our power to make a difference. In God’s sovereignty, God honors our agency to choose, inviting and empowering us to participate in God’s re-making …

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How Free People Live -- Exodus 20:1-4, 7-17 (The Ten Commandments) (18th Sunday After Pentecost) 21:16

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This sermon looks at the Ten Commandments as (1) an expression of how free people live, (2) a trust document, and (3) a law called love. Then, thinking of the Ten Commandments particularly as a trust document (an expression of accountability), we ask, "How have we done by Breonna Taylor and her family?" How can we better live into freedom, trust, a…

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Help from Above -- Psalm 121 (Rev. Yolanda Norton, preaching) ( 17th Sunday After Pentecost) 17:13

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Psalm 121 sustains us on the journey with (1) the open possibility of a question, (2) confession of our own reality (the best and the worst of it), and (3) a blessing and a breath. And then, Rev. Yolanda Norton blesses us with this: “Be the muddy river that accumulates all of the things that God has created and shines in the midst of it.”…

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Long Haul Living -- Exodus 16:2-15 (16th Sunday After Pentecost) 21:57

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Freed from Egypt, out in the desert, the Hebrew people grumble because there is no food and they are hungry. God listens, and provides manna in the morning. In the long-haul of a wilderness journey, God provides enough, each day, for the living of these days.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Sabbath, the Sequel -- Genesis 2:1-2, Mark 2:23-28 (Patrick O'Connor, preaching) (15th Sunday After Pentecost) 16:42

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In the gift of Sabbath, God invites us into the practice of compassion, and to ask, “What is it that my soul craves in this moment?”저자 Patrick O'Connor, Director of Family Ministries

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Belonging -- Acts 1:15-26 (Allie Utley, SFTS Interim Chaplain, preaching) (14th Sunday After Pentecost) 15:53

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In the body of Christ, we find our belonging and our calling.저자 Allie Utley, SFTS Interim Chaplain

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The Life We Create -- Romans 12:1-12 (Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost) 21:28

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The love that God has embodied for us in Jesus Christ comes to life now in us – in our bodies – in the life we create.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Co-Conspirators -- Exodus 1:8-2:10 (Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost) 25:55

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God breathes with us and calls us to become co-conspirators to set the whole world free. Being a "co-conspirator" requires that we listen with humility to those who have been harmed most, and put something at risk for the life and the well-being and the freedom of others.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Reclaiming Sabbath -- Genesis 2:1-3 & Exodus 20:8-11 (Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost) 21:38

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In the practice of Sabbath, God invites us to rest in the presence of our Creator, and experience the gifts of balance, time to refocus, and resistance to anxiety and commodity-driven oppression.저자 Patrick O'Connor, Director of Family Ministries

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God's Steadfast Intention for Good -- Genesis 45:1-15 (Tenth Sunday After Pentecost) 22:59

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In the story of Joseph and his brothers, we see God's providential love at work: Beyond the reality of our decisions and misdirected intention, God intends for us our ultimate good, and accompanies us along the way there.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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That Day When the Basket Came Round -- Matthew 14:13-21 (Ninth Sunday After Pentecost) 23:29

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In the much-told story of the miracle of the loaves and fish, when the disciples think there's not enough to feed the crowds, Jesus says: "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat." In a world that feels scarce, Jesus empowers us to create capacity in community.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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God Is Near (Jacob's Dream) -- Genesis 28:10-19 (Seventh Sunday After Pentecost) 20:22

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In a fearful and anxious world, God is near. We consider this "nearness of God," looking to Jacob's dream of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, our own "pandemic dreams," and Celtic spirituality.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Sow Some Seeds -- Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 (Sixth Sunday After Pentecost) 23:52

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We consider the Parable of the Sower -- the seed, the soil, the sower -- and notice that the parable describes a generative process for a generative season. God empowers us to create something new together by sowing seeds generously and generatively. Grace abounds!저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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For Freedom -- Galatians 5:1, 13-23 (Fifth Sunday After Pentecost) 20:36

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On this Fourth of July weekend, we stand at the intersection of faith and public life and consider "freedom" -- both Biblical and Constitutional. What we affirm with the Apostle Paul is this: Christ has set us free for the freedom of others and ourselves.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Hagar's Lament -- Genesis 21:8-21 (Fourth Sunday After Pentecost) 19:26

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Exiled into the wilderness, Hagar raises her voice in lament against the powers of slavery and patriarchy. In the power of lament, we summon God into the pain of the world, and God summons us and the world to create something better and new.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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"Is Anything Too Wonderful for God?" -- Genesis 18:1-15 (Third Sunday After Pentecost) 24:23

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As Sarah laughs at the news that she will have a child so late in life, we listen with her to the question: "Is anything too wonderful for God?" We consider the events of this week -- Supreme Court decisions and Juneteenth celebrations -- and we wonder, with Sarah, at things that seem too wonderful even after long seasons of hope.…

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Together We Create -- Genesis 1 (Second Sunday After Pentecost) 29:00

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Made in the image of a creating God, we are invited to become a creating and re-creating community, together with each other and all creation.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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Rivers and Roads -- Joshua 4:1-8 (Commencement Sunday) 20:42

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The symbols of our faith journey remind us of God's presence in each chapter in life, and they call us into the future God has ready for us.저자 Patrick O'Connor, Director of Family Ministries

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Pentecost Portents -- Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost) 22:04

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At Pentecost, the Spirit comes among the people, gathered together, empowering them to see the world plainly, to listen, to speak, to do, and to create with God the new world that is breaking forth, even now. This year, we listen to the Pentecost story in a world that is in flames from the systemic racism that has persisted in this country for far …

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The Complexity of Doors -- Acts 12:1-19 (Sixth Sunday in Easter) 19:55

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In the closing sermon in our series "Life from Behind Closed Doors," we consider the breadth of ways that folks are living behind close doors during the COVID-a9 pandemic -- not only those who are sheltering, but also those who are incarcerated. During this Easter season we have found that, in Resurrection, God gives us life beyond every separation…

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Providing Community -- 2 Kings 4:1-7 (Fifth Sunday of Easter) 20:45

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This sermon considers possibilities for hunger action in this time of pandemic and sheltering, through the lens of our Easter theme: "Life from Behind Closed Doors." This week, we take up an Old Testament text in which Elisha and a widow seek miraculous provision in a time of scarcity, and what we find is this: In the face of dire need, God provide…

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"Life from Behind Closed Doors," Noah & the Ark -- Genesis 7:24-8:22 (Fifth Sunday in Easter) 15:59

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As we continue in our worship theme -- "Life from Behind Closed Doors" -- guest preacher Allie Utley takes us "behind closed doors" with Noah -- as Noah and family wait in the ark to be able to walk again on dry land. The sermon names our waiting in this time of pandemic, our longing for what we miss most, and how worship is part of how we survive …

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Who We Hope to Be -- Acts 2:42-47 (Fourth Sunday in Easter) 18:40

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In Acts 2, we see a snapshot of what life in community was like for the early church -- as they gathered in homes, broke bread together, prayed, held everything in common, and sold what they had to give to those in need. Stories like this give us a glimpse of who we have been, who we are, and who we hope to be. In community, the Spirit of the Risen…

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Stitch by Stitch -- Acts 9:36-42 (Third Sunday in Easter) 17:12

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This sermon considers the resurrection of Tabitha, the clothes she made to care for a community of widows, the quilters of Gee's Bend, and those who are making masks for others in this time of pandemic. In this quilting and this sewing, we see that God gathers us at her quilting table, and invites us into acts of tender mercy.…

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The Case for Thomas -- John 20:19-29 (Second Sunday of Easter) 18:30

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For centuries the disciple Thomas has been labeled "Doubting Thomas." This sermon makes the case FOR Thomas. Behind closed doors with Thomas and the disciples, what we see in Thomas is someone who -- like us -- is baffled by a bewildering world. He voices his need for Jesus, and the Risen Christ responds. In Resurrection, when we reach the limits o…

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Yet More Life -- John 20:1-18 (Easter Sunday) 16:26

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On Easter morning, we go with Mary to the tomb and encounter the Risen Christ. And what we find there together is yet more life -- yet more life than we ever imagined -- yet more life to live right here, right now, and yet more life to live on into forever.저자 Rev. Scott Clark

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A Healing, Holy Week -- Matthew 21:1-11; Psalm 31:9-16 (Palm Sunday) 19:03

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In the hosanna and hope of Palm Sunday and in the suffering and lament of Passion Sunday, we find Christ in the midst of the whole of life. In communion -- a sacrament as old as our faith and lived anew today in this online worship space -- we experience "the real presence of Christ," embodied in us to bless the world God loves.…

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Healing Community -- John 11, the story of the raising of Lazarus (Fifth Sunday in Lent) 20:29

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The story of Lazarus is a story about the healing presence of Christ embodied in community. In a world full of fear, illness, and death, Jesus stands in the midst of a grieving community, and together they stand against death and everything that does us harm. In Christ's love, we call each other into life – Christ’s healing touch in our hands.…

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Healing Words: Praying in Hard Times -- James 5:13-16 (Fourth Sunday in Lent) 18:09

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In times of epidemic and sheltering in place, we are thinking of new ways of living grounded in and enlivened by Prayer, Care, and Connection. This sermon focuses on prayer, offering specific suggestions as how we might pray in these hard times. In prayer, God is inviting us to draw near– inviting us into conversation– inviting us into deeper relat…

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Healing Relationships -- John 4:5-26 (Third Sunday in Lent) 22:26

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In a time of epidemic and social distancing, we look to the story of Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the well, and how they create entirely new ways of being in relationship -- bridging and transcending separation. As Jesus and the Samaritan Woman create this new way of being in relationship, they become for each other Living Water. As we do the s…

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