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“He had to pass through Samaria.” No. In fact, he didn’t. When Jewish people traveled north from Jerusalem to Galilee, they intentionally avoided Samaria. But Jesus wasn’t like most people. He went where others did not dare to go.  “He had to pass through Samaria.”  Why? Because there was a woman there who needed him. It didn’t matter to him that she was a woman and he was a man. It didn’t matter to him that she was a Samaritan woman and he was a Jewish man. It didn’t matter to him that she was a sinful Samaritan woman and he was a sinless Jewish man. There was a thirsty woman who needed living water: "He had to pass through Samaria.” Jesus was always crossing boundaries in order to find thirsty people. He still does. He knows that many of the things we pursue in life are, at their root, efforts to assuage a deep spiritual thirst. We crave relationships.  We crave success.  We crave significance.  We crave power.  We crave recognit...