The Third Sunday in Lent John 4:15-29 She is a loser three times over. For one thing, she is a Samaritan. For another, she is a woman. And for a third, she is a moral failure. And yet, at the end of the story, she becomes the first evangelist – the first person in the Bible to lead others to faith in Christ. And I wonder how this can be! You might expect Jesus to choose someone else for such an important ministry - someone respectable – someone with a clean record – someone male and not a Samaritan. [READ MORE]