Tertiary Chaplain at Charles Sturt University - a ministry of the Port Macquarie Tau'alofa is a newly ordained deacon in the NSW/ACT Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia. She is currently serving as a tertiary chaplain at Charles Sturt University in Port Macquarie. She loves a good book at the beach and spending time with family and friends.
In the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman, we find a story not of judgment but of compassion — one that calls us to look beneath the surface and attend to the reality of gender-based violence in our world today.
Jesus asks for help from a Samaritan woman. She is symbolic of her people. For her and Jesus to be in conversation challenges the status quo and breaks 2 taboos. A Jew talking with a Samaritan, a man initiating conversation with a woman in Public. The only water she knows is Drinking Water…Jesus offers “Living Water” – the Holy Spirit and eternal life.
Jesus asks for help from a Samaritan woman. She is symbolic of her people. For her and Jesus to be in conversation challenges the status quo and breaks 2 taboos. A Jew talking with a Samaritan, a man initiating conversation with a woman in Public. The only water she knows is Drinking Water…Jesus offers “Living Water” – the Holy Spirit and eternal life.
To be active agents of change we can only lead others as far as we ourselves have gone. We have no ability to affirm or communicate to another person that they are good or special until we know it strongly ourselves.
To be active agents of change we can only lead others as far as we ourselves have gone. We have no ability to affirm or communicate to another person that they are good or special until we know it strongly ourselves.