Woman at the Well

I recently attended a gathering that focused on the power of Story. We talked about how stories have such connection with our human hearts, how Jesus knew that and taught with them, how our media is floaded with the element of Story, and the incredible value of our own--whatever it may be. We talked about how sharing our faith is not a "sales pitch", but just the telling of our Story and how it intersects with God's Bigger One. They showed the following clip of a modern-day monologue from the Woman at the Well who interacted with Jesus as recorded in the book of John in the Bible. She was a social outcast, a woman who had been passed around and used, and a member of a distasteful race in ancient Jewish culture.  And yet, and yet, her encounter with this man Jesus totally transformed her world.  Somehow she found hope and felt love in His knowledge of her story--in all its bitter wounds and its inescapable ugliness.

Once again, its easy for me to forget that the people in the Bible were just that--real people. I love how the media can bring power and connection with that reality. The clip is about two minutes long.