THE CONVERSATION BY A WELL
Now a very ordinary man came to a village called Dobong, and tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
When a Gambian woman came to draw water, the man said to her, “My friends would like to provide you with clean water, that promises life.”
She replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
The man answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water we give them will never so thirst. Indeed, the water we will give them will become in them a spring of water, welling up to eternal life.”
The woman said to him, “Give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming to this place to draw water. But you are a Christian and I am a Muslim, why would you want to help us?”
“The man replied. “A time is coming when people will realise that they are all one in spirit, because God is Spirit, and the truth is, that we are all part of each other, all belonging to each other, all related within the same human family and all called to take care of each other.”
The woman said, “I know that one is coming, who will explain everything to us.”
Then the very ordinary man declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he, just as you, the one speaking to me, is she.”
She replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
The man answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water we give them will never so thirst. Indeed, the water we will give them will become in them a spring of water, welling up to eternal life.”
The woman said to him, “Give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming to this place to draw water. But you are a Christian and I am a Muslim, why would you want to help us?”
“The man replied. “A time is coming when people will realise that they are all one in spirit, because God is Spirit, and the truth is, that we are all part of each other, all belonging to each other, all related within the same human family and all called to take care of each other.”
The woman said, “I know that one is coming, who will explain everything to us.”
Then the very ordinary man declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he, just as you, the one speaking to me, is she.”
I AM PROUD OF MY WRITING, FOR JESUS’S SAKE, THAT HAS HAD ME FOUND INNOCENT IN HEAVEN, BUT TWICE A CRIMINAL ON THE EARTH. THE FIRST IN 1990 WHEN I WROTE A BIBLICAL TEXT ON THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN PEACEFUL PROTEST ABOUT THE BOMBING OF YOUNG IRAQI RECRUITS DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. THE SECOND, IN 2016 WHEN I WROTE ON MY BLOG, TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT A PAEDOPHILE, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FORCING THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM HAVING ACCESS TO CHILDREN. THERE WAS ALMOST A THIRD! IN 1997, WHEN I WAS ARRESTED FOR NAILING MY PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ON THE DOOR OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. WORDS ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT CHALLENGE CORRUPTION, CONFRONT THE WICKED AND CREATE A BETTER WORLD. JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED TO COMMUNICATE HIS WORDS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE COST.
"You brave, courageous and wonderful man. To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression is truly an act of a pure heart."
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