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Tomorrow we gather for worship. This week has been heavy and honest — and today we prepare to walk through those doors carrying less than we came in with. A short reflection to close the week and open toward Sunday.

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Three practices. The woman at the well did all three in about twenty minutes. Today we walk through each one practically — because the Gospel was never meant to stay in your head.

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Shame says I am wrong. Conviction says I did wrong. Three words versus four — but the difference is everything. Today we go deeper on what the Gospel actually says about shame, and why Jesus at the well was convicting, not condemning.

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Most people have confession completely backwards. It's not how you clean yourself up before meeting Jesus — it's how Jesus cleans you up. At the midpoint of Lent, we look at the discipline of confession and why it's the most powerful thing you can do this season.

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Shame doesn't stay locked in your soul — it shows up at work, at home, in your marriage, with your kids. Today we get practical about where to actually look for it, and what it means to stop managing and start living.

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Preached live at St. John's Anglican Church, Fort Smith for the Third Sunday of Lent. We all have five husbands — something we carry that we're convinced would disqualify us if anyone ever found out. In John chapter 4, Jesus meets the woman at the well at noon — isolated, hiding, thirsty for something that never satisfies. What happens next changes everything. This sermon walks through the Valley of Shame: what shame does to us, the difference between shame and conviction, the Lenten discipline of confession, and what it looks like to finally leave the water jug behind. Name it. Confess it. Share it.

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Nicodemus doesn't disappear after John 3. He shows up two more times in the Gospel — each time a little more in the light. His slow transformation is the arc of Lent itself. As Sunday approaches, this episode invites you to come to worship with open hands and your actual self.

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