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Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 3, John 4:5-42

March 13, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

John 4:5-42

This Sunday’s Gospel, John 4:5-42, is a fantastic encounter with Jesus. Jesus’ conversation with “the woman at the well” is rich and powerful — and extremely long. I’m glad that the compilers of the lectionary didn’t chop it up (like last week when they hacked the end of Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus). It needs to […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation Tagged With: John 14:8-17, Lent 3, RCL Year A, Woman at the Well

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, Pentecost, John 14:8-17

June 5, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 6 Comments

John 14:8-17

John 14:8-17 is a slightly odd text for Pentecost — until the end it says very little about the coming of the Spirit. But as with all of John 13-17, it is theologically rich. John 14:8-17 It’s a great text on the Trinity and on the purpose of the Incarnation — plus, if you sneak […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: John 14:8-17, Pentecost, RCL Year C, Spirit, Trinity

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