Literal-Mindedness

For the Third Sunday of Lent, Jamie Franklin speaks about the literal-mindedness of various characters in the Gospels including the Samaritan Woman, who we encounter today in our reading from John 4:5-42. It is easy to laugh at all of these comical misunderstandings but do they reveal something to us about the poverty of our own spiritual condition and our need to take hold of the penitential season of Lent as a remedy? What can we learn about the difference between literal food and drink and the heavenly food and drink about which Jesus speaks, and how does this apply to our own desires?Thank you for supporting the sermon audio podcast. We hope you have enjoyed listening. As always our sister podcast Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs can be found on all major podcast providers and on YouTube.The music on this podcast was composed and recorded by Jamie Franklin and is to be set to the words to "Just as I am without one plea" by Charlotte Elliot.