In the weird corner of the Twitter-sphere I occupy (the intersection of Reformed, Anglican, former Southern Baptist, Liturgical, sacramentalism, those who enjoy

There were a lot of men on the Bluff last Friday night. As I made my way around shaking hands, meeting new

“Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did…” rumor noun /ˈruː.mɚ/ an unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads from person to person Fantastic accounts came in from far and wide. As rumors do, they spread like wildfire. This wasn’t the first time reports had circulated of a strange Judaean mystic doing and saying strange mystical things. Someone had seen Him walking away from the wharf with a school of fishermen in tow. Others spoke of His taste for fine wines and a good party. Hadn’t He made a bit of a scene in the temple? Now word was coming from Samaria of all places. Why would a Jewish man be traipsing through the Samaritan countryside talking to women at wells?