Saturday morning book study

We did not get far in the book today! Our discussion focused on welcoming the stranger and methods of evangelizing. In the story of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus did not evangelize by immediately pointing out her sins or thumping her over the head with a bible (actually there is no mention in scripture of Jesus carrying a bible under his arm from town to town; there is only mention of Him reading from the scolls in the synagogues). The first thing he does is ask the woman for a blessing by asking her for a drink of water. When people come to join us in worship, our inclination ought to be to invite them to share with us what they have to offer to the community; in essence, we ask them for a blessing.