By Derl G. Keefer
3rd Sunday of Lent (A) Febraury 24, 2008Overcoming the Barriers (John 4:5-42)
The sun’s rays poured down on the thirteen men walking in unfamiliar territory. The journey from northern Galilee to Judea in the south would take the men six days unless they passed through Samaria. The shortcut would slice their route in half, but good Jews didn’t go through Samaria, no matter how long it took them.
The feud between the Jews and Samaritans dated back 720 years, to when the Assyrians invaded...
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