“When Jesus encountered the woman at the well, her script was basically: ‘fallen woman, living in sin, hiding out from society.’ Jesus met her where she was and gave her a new narrative: ‘bold woman, excited about life, telling all her friends, supporting new movement.’ …The essence of Christianity is that each person is basically given a new part – a new narrative – a new reality. Paul wrote about it beautifully, ‘So for anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creation.” (2 Cor. 5:17)
Laurie Beth Jones
