So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink” [John 4:5-7]. By the time you read this meditation, I’ll be well into the “serious” prep segment related to my colonoscopy, scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. I suspect that most of you have undergone that special rite of passage (pun intended). This will be my fourth, all spread out over 20+ years—all unremarkable,…
"Dispatches to the Front" -- a collection of theological meditations by Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., M.Div.