A recent lectionary reading for Lent featured the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:5-42). As I read the passage, I noticed something about the woman that I hadn’t seen before. I’m struck by the image of Jesus being vulnerable to a vulnerable person, asking her for water.
Andrew Hudson
Andrew Hudson is a seminary graduate and former organic farmer who now promotes local food in the Sarasota, Florida area. He’s experimenting with something he’s calling Sabbath gardening — still taking shape — as a way of responding to the church’s needs in an uncertain future. He loves singing, justice-y gatherings, and anticipating the arrival of his grandson-to-be this February.
Gardening done in a Sabbath spirit renews us, builds community and quietly prepares for a future we cannot control.
