Beloved Community: Water Enough for All
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The final sermon in the Beloved Community series turns to John 4, the Samaritan woman at the well, as the story that holds nearly everything this series has been circling: a boundary Jesus crosses first, an exile met where she is, and a hostility answered not with argument but with a request for a simple drink of water. What follows is Jesus meeting her skepticism with abundance, an abundance rooted in her humanity and the fullness of her story, seen, known, and valued rather than judged. The Manhattan Church of Christ is at its truest, most gifted self when it emulates that same quiet exchange, crossing first, asking simply, and answering suspicion with a story fully seen.