Have you ever wondered about the Samaritan woman who met Jesus at the well? Remember the story of how Jesus told her she had five husbands and the one she was with now wasn’t her husband?Under what circumstances would a woman in biblical times have five husbands over a period of time? What brought the Samaritan woman to the well in the heat of the day?Diana Wallis Taylor, author of Journey to the Well, seeks to answer those questions. She weaves a beautiful tale of love, sorrow, and redemption.A few weeks ago, the Faith ‘n Fiction question asked about biblical fiction – do we read it, what’s our opinion of it, etc. Many participants stated that the fiction story needed to give a broader understanding of the Bible story yet remain accurate. Taylor’s story does just that.Growing up, I remember being taught that the Samaritan woman was a promiscuous woman and had divorced all of her
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