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Jesus as a Televangelist

The twelve disciples washed the dust off the stones at Jacob’s Well in preparation for Jesus’ evangelistic message to the Samaritans. The Jesus Band Traveling Roadshow booked a 12 noon event at the well near Sychar.
Jesus: I think I’ll stand here. The sun hits the best side of my face from this angle…like this, don’t [...]

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Jeremy Bouma has a story to tell and he tells it well. Having grown up in a very conservative Christian environment (Hudsonville, MI) and having served in ministries where a mutant form of the Gospel was transmitted, Jeremy underwent a conversion. Through his own experience of “the dark night of the soul,” Jeremy came out [...]

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Jesus as one of the Sopranos

The dark clouds cast a cool shade around Jacob’s Well. Jesus and his boys were tired from the walk into Samaria.
Jesus: Yo, Mattie! You and Johnny take da boys inda town and get us some food, hey. No linguini with white clam sauce this time! None. I wanta da spaghetti wid da meata balls…and some [...]

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Jesus as Oprah

Jesus sat down on the edge of Jacob’s Well near Sychar and said, Welcome, friends! Today’s show will feature a Samaritan woman whose story you just have to hear. Her’s is a story of heartbreak and shame, of isolation and pending hopelessness. I’ve invited her to come and tell us some of her story. Just [...]

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Exhausted from global warming in oppressed Palestine, Jesus chilled at Jacob’s Well in the realm of “the other” called Samaria.
Jesus’ cohort left him to buy organic at the nearest kiosk.
A Samaritan woman-”the other to the second power”-approached the community’s gathering space, carrying the symbol of her status in a harsh patriarchal culture.
Jesus said, “Water [...]

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Jesus as a Fundamentalist

Jesus had to go through Samaria. At the sixth hour, tired and thirsty from his travels, Jesus sat down at Jacob’s Well near Sychar.
A Samaritan woman came to draw water and seeing Jesus asked, “Sir, will you give me a drink?”
Startled, Jesus said, “How is it that you, a Samaritan, ask me, a Jew, for a [...]

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