Daily Reflection | Connected in Christ

Thurs, June 15, 2023

unlikely encounters

The Rev. Rob Stevens

The Rev. Rob Stevens reflects on the Gospel of John 4:19–24; The Lessons Appointed for Use on the Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystic and Writer, 1941; June 15. To learn more about Evelyn Underhill, click here: http://evelynunderhill.org/about/

When Jesus encounters the Samaritan woman, it is an incredibly unlikely conversation because of cultural realities of their time. Yet this unexpected encounter brings such life. She encounters God in Jesus and, I believe, Jesus encounters a woman who challenged him to think differently.

We need more of these unlikely encounters with the risen Christ, of seeing Jesus in the other. The work that we must do, then, is to be aware, to open our eyes and ears so we will be present to these unlikely encounters with God.