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In this Lenten reflection, we step into John 8 — the story we've long called "the woman caught in adultery" — and discover it's actually a story about a woman saved from stoning. There's a difference, and it matters.

Drawing on the work of theologian Sarah Bessey and writer Richard Rohr, this sermon explores two traps laid that morning in the temple courts, the radical calm of a man writing in the dirt, and the moment a crowd dissolved into individuals — one by one, beginning with the oldest.

At the center of it all: a woman, alone, and a God who doesn't participate in honor-and-shame systems. This is a word about mercy, dignity, and what it looks like to be loved — not shamed — into becoming who we truly are.