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A meditation in John’s Gospel, chapter 1, verses 1-5, with imaginative contemplation.

The story of the woman at the well is one that most listeners will be very familiar with. Sometimes over-familiarity breeds disconnection: we stop seeing the things we look at every day.

Here I’m asking you to really imagine that you are actually in the scene. Is this well in a small clearing or in a big open place? Is the ground flat or steep? Where and how is Jesus sitting by this well – are there seats of some kind or is he on the ground? What is he doing as he waits for his friends to bring food – resting, or praying? It is so, so hot. You must feel the heat of the day.

And what is the woman’s gut response as she discovers this Jewish man loitering at the well?

I hope that you experience this exchange in a new way, that there will be a vibrant sense of fresh living waters bubbling up, to nourish and restore you.

Every blessing, as always.

Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.

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All music by Pete Hatch.