To start this New Year, we\u2019re going to have a little fun with the \u201cWoman at the Well\u201d story from John 4. I want to present Jesus in some contemporary media images.\u00a0 Today Jesus is like Oprah.<\/em><\/p>\nJesus sat down on the edge of Jacob\u2019s Well near Sychar and said, \u201cWelcome, friends! Today\u2019s show will feature a Samaritan woman whose story you just have to hear. Her\u2019s is a story of heartbreak and shame, of isolation and pending hopelessness. I\u2019ve invited her to come and tell us some of her story. Just a few glimpses into her life will help us all, I\u2019m sure. I know you\u2019ll be kind. So, please, give it up for \u2018the Samaritan womaaaaan!\u2019\u201d [wild applause as Jesus stands and hugs the woman as she enters and sits on the edge of the well]<\/p>\n
Jesus <\/strong>(in a serious, affirming\u00a0tone): Now, darling, don\u2019t be nervous. We all love you here. I see you fidgeting. There\u2019s just no need to wring your hands. Just tell us what you think we should know. Relax, honey.<\/p>\nWoman<\/strong>: Ah, OK. Well, this was such a surprise. I usually come to the well when no one is here. Seeing you, a Jew and a man, also, and all your friends, I just\u2026just didn\u2019t think I could do this.<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong>: Now, now, darling, you stop that negative talk. See. You are here and you are brave. So brave. Isn\u2019t she brave, everyone?\u00a0 [applause]<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong>: See, the audience knows you\u2019re brave.<\/p>\nWoman<\/strong>: Oh, you all are so kind. But I was of the impression that you hated me. All Jews hate Samaritans. That\u2019s how I grew up. [Tears well up in her eyes.] I\u2019ve lived my life being hated by Jews and shunned by my own people.<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong>: That ain\u2019t right. That just ain\u2019t right! You tell me who! I wanna know who<\/em> would treat you like that. I may be a Jew and a man, but I love everybody. I only shun the shunners, dear. I am with you and for you, y\u2019hear?<\/p>\nWoman<\/strong>: You are so kind, Jesus. I mean to meet you here and have you accept me. Well, it\u2019s just all so new and feels\u2026so\u2026crazy.<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong>: You go on, honey, \u2019cause it is crazy. Crazy love for all women who\u2019ve been shunned by \u2018the man.\u2019 You know what I\u2019m talkin\u2019 \u2019bout?<\/p>\nWoman<\/strong>: I sure do. I know it in my mind and I feel it in my very body. The atmosphere of shame hangs on me like dark, rainy clouds. I\u2019ve been dumped by five low-down men, and the man I\u2019m with now\u2026well, we ain\u2019t married.<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong>: I hear ya. Men. [shakes his head]<\/p>\nWoman<\/strong>: But, hey, it was\u00a0women, too. I mean snooty women in the village who kept on giving me the \u2018stink eye\u2019 all the time. That\u2019s why I come out here at noon, when it\u2019s hot. To avoid their gossiping tongues<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong> [to camera]: Mmmmmm, gossiping tongues\u2026I just don\u2019t know what you mean,\u00a0hmmmmmmm. We\u2019ll be right back and hear more from the Samaritan woman. [commercial break]<\/p>\nJesus:<\/strong> We\u2019re talking with the Samaritan woman today. Her\u2019s is a story of rejection and loss. [turns to woman] Let me ask, if I may, what keeps you going? I mean, others have broken under much less\u00a0weight of the shame and isolation that you feel. But, look at you, you\u2019re here. Tell us\u2026<\/p>\nWoman:<\/strong> What keeps me going? Well, one thing that doesn\u2019t is all the wrangling about worship\u2013Where to do it? How to do it? Who\u2019s got the truth? Y\u2019know what I\u2019m saying?<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong>: [waves his hand like batting something away] Don\u2019t get me going now. You don\u2019t want me to get going\u00a0about worship. All I can tell you is my Father is seeking worshippers right this minute. I mean right this minute, y\u2019all.<\/p>\nWoman<\/strong>: That is my passion\u2026to worship God. [she cries]<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong>: Now, now. You can be a true worshiper in Spirit and in truth. Can\u2019t she, peo-Pull!<\/p>\nWoman<\/strong> [looks shocked]: Who says?<\/p>\nJesus:<\/strong> I do. I say.<\/p>\nWoman:<\/strong> I am waiting on my hero to come. When the Messiah comes, he\u2019s gonna make everything right. I just know it.<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong>: I am your hero; the wind beneath your winds. [woman cries\u2026audience applauds]<\/p>\nJesus<\/strong>: [looking into camera] Everyone today gets a gorgeous jar made in Sychar\u2026a beautiful water pot hand-crafted in the ancient Samaritan way. Good bye, everybody. [wild applause]<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To start this New Year, we\u2019re going to have a little fun with the \u201cWoman at the Well\u201d story from John 4. I want to present Jesus in some contemporary media images.\u00a0 Today Jesus is like Oprah. Jesus sat down on the edge of Jacob\u2019s Well near Sychar and said, \u201cWelcome, friends! Today\u2019s show will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>To start this New Year, we\u2019re going to have a little fun with the \u201cWoman at the Well\u201d story from John 4. I want to present Jesus in some contemporary media images.\u00a0 Today Jesus is like Oprah.<\/em><\/p>\n