Comments on: The Woman At The Well http://thegirlrevolution.com/the-woman-at-the-well/ Growing Girls With Purpose Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tracee http://thegirlrevolution.com/the-woman-at-the-well/comment-page-1/#comment-6430 Tracee Mon, 10 May 2010 18:08:54 +0000 http://thegirlrevolution.com/?p=3609#comment-6430 Even people with a reputation for being right are thirsty. It's part of the human condition. Unavoidable. Even people with a reputation for being right are thirsty. It’s part of the human condition. Unavoidable.

]]> By: painted maypole http://thegirlrevolution.com/the-woman-at-the-well/comment-page-1/#comment-6429 painted maypole Mon, 10 May 2010 17:54:22 +0000 http://thegirlrevolution.com/?p=3609#comment-6429 Well, yes. I agree with the interpretation regarding thirst, and that Jesus was saying there is a better way to fill that thirst (better than water, better than 5 husbands, better than any of the things we use today, as you point out) But if she's empowered, and known for being right, then she's not seen as "thirsty" and in need of the refreshment Christ brings. I'll try to find the podcast. But yes, I agree that this is the most important good news in this story. Well, yes. I agree with the interpretation regarding thirst, and that Jesus was saying there is a better way to fill that thirst (better than water, better than 5 husbands, better than any of the things we use today, as you point out) But if she’s empowered, and known for being right, then she’s not seen as “thirsty” and in need of the refreshment Christ brings. I’ll try to find the podcast.

But yes, I agree that this is the most important good news in this story.

]]> By: Tracee Sioux http://thegirlrevolution.com/the-woman-at-the-well/comment-page-1/#comment-6428 Tracee Sioux Mon, 10 May 2010 14:48:36 +0000 http://thegirlrevolution.com/?p=3609#comment-6428 The most recent interpretation of this story that I've heard makes much more sense. Because "the woman lacking power" isn't really the point. Remember women were more likely to be stoned to death or left to starve than be granted one amicable divorce, let alone four divorces. By their own account of women's disempowerment of the time. This interpretation is from an iTunes podcast from Mars Hill Bible Church - Rob Bell Fame - by Shane Hipps their new teaching pastor. In his interpretation Jesus only brings up her previous marriages to point out her perpetual thirst, her attempts to "fill up her well" with men. With marriage. Outside of herself, outside of the divine. The point of the passage, in his interpretation, is that people are to "stay thirsty" which is also the title of the sermon. The thirst could apply more to her/our need to fill up our cup with things other than God/Goddess. Could be food, could be men, could be sex, could be money, could be heroin or smoking or education or mothering or any other thing we try to fill our holes and quench our thirst with. I wish I knew how to drop an iTunes link. But, you should be able to search the iTunes store and find it. It's free to listen to. The most recent interpretation of this story that I’ve heard makes much more sense. Because “the woman lacking power” isn’t really the point.

Remember women were more likely to be stoned to death or left to starve than be granted one amicable divorce, let alone four divorces. By their own account of women’s disempowerment of the time.

This interpretation is from an iTunes podcast from Mars Hill Bible Church – Rob Bell Fame – by Shane Hipps their new teaching pastor.

In his interpretation Jesus only brings up her previous marriages to point out her perpetual thirst, her attempts to “fill up her well” with men. With marriage. Outside of herself, outside of the divine. The point of the passage, in his interpretation, is that people are to “stay thirsty” which is also the title of the sermon. The thirst could apply more to her/our need to fill up our cup with things other than God/Goddess. Could be food, could be men, could be sex, could be money, could be heroin or smoking or education or mothering or any other thing we try to fill our holes and quench our thirst with.

I wish I knew how to drop an iTunes link. But, you should be able to search the iTunes store and find it. It’s free to listen to.

]]> By: painted maypole http://thegirlrevolution.com/the-woman-at-the-well/comment-page-1/#comment-6425 painted maypole Mon, 10 May 2010 02:09:39 +0000 http://thegirlrevolution.com/?p=3609#comment-6425 by the way, even though I don't agree with your interpretation on this, I'm loving the discussion. ;) by the way, even though I don’t agree with your interpretation on this, I’m loving the discussion. ;)

]]> By: painted maypole http://thegirlrevolution.com/the-woman-at-the-well/comment-page-1/#comment-6424 painted maypole Mon, 10 May 2010 02:08:22 +0000 http://thegirlrevolution.com/?p=3609#comment-6424 OK, possible. But I think not likely. i think you have to keep in mind WHY the author decides to put in that detail, and what the original hearers would glean from it. The fact of the matter is that women WERE disempowered by society. Sure, there were powerful women, and they learned to wield their power in different ways within the strict confines they lived in. I think that if the woman WAS a strong and powerful woman respected by her community, and that was the point of the story, that would have been clearer in the telling. In your interpretation of the story, what is the "good news"? What is Jesus doing or saying in the story, and what does it teach us about God? OK, possible. But I think not likely. i think you have to keep in mind WHY the author decides to put in that detail, and what the original hearers would glean from it.

The fact of the matter is that women WERE disempowered by society. Sure, there were powerful women, and they learned to wield their power in different ways within the strict confines they lived in. I think that if the woman WAS a strong and powerful woman respected by her community, and that was the point of the story, that would have been clearer in the telling. In your interpretation of the story, what is the “good news”? What is Jesus doing or saying in the story, and what does it teach us about God?

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