A reflection for Lent III Sunday 8th March 2026 by the Rev'd Canon Dean Fostekew
In many ways I am tempted not to preach to you this morning but to just encourage you to sit quietly and to re-read a couple of times today’s Gospel. Not only is it a long piece to read in a service of worship it also contains things that can turn on its head what we might first think is going on.
At face value we read about Jesus asking for a cold drink from a woman drawing water from Jacob’s well. He’s obviously thirsty. We might be struck, however, by the fact that he has to ask the woman...