The Gospel reading last Sunday (John 3) is set in a house in the dark at night, as a prominent named male member of the Jerusalem Sanhedrin engages in conversation with a teacher from Nazareth, discussing faith and life. The Gospel reading this coming Sunday (John 4) is set in the blaze of light at … Continue reading The Pharisee of Jerusalem and the woman of Samaria (John 3 and 4; Lent 2–3A)