C 250 Reign of Christ
Robyn and Fran discuss Jeremiah 23:1-6; Colossians 1:11-20 and Luke 23:33-43, and bid farewell for now, as By the Well pauses.
By the Well
By the Well is a weekly lectionary-based podcast for preachers. Each week we take a deep dive into some of the texts from the Revised Common Lectionary, exploring their ancient setting and how we might preach them today. We aim to take the Bible seriously, but not literally, bringing the best biblical scholarship into conversation with lived experience, pastoral need, and theology. Our name, By the Well, is a nod to the Samaritan woman in John 4. In many ways she is an ordinary woman, perhaps on…
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