![]() ![]() ![]() There is no disputing that fact in the story. Of religion, the scribes and the Pharisees, determined to trick Jesus into saying or doing something which will lead to his downfall. We see the woman dragged through the crowd. With them we can watch the drama unfold and, with them, we can learn something about how things work in a Jesus society. In our imagination we can be among the people who have come to the temple to hear Jesus teaching. We’re invited to think different: about others about ourselves and about God and to be different in our relationships with others, with ourselves and with God. ![]() I’m indebted to Bishop Peter (Peter Price of Bath & Wells) for that quotation which I’ll be carrying in my mind through Lent this year.Īs we hear the familiar story of the woman caught in adultery, God once again invites us to repent by thinking different and, through that thinking, by being different. “In a Jesus Society you repent, not by feeling bad, but by thinking different.” ![]()
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