Episode 215: Muddy Waters
The Rev. Dr. Alix Pridgen
Text: 2Kings 5:1-15
Naaman, the powerful Syrian general, comes seeking a grand miracle and instead gets an absurd command: “Go wash in the Jordan.” No fireworks. No fanfare. Just muddy water.
This episode explores how faith so often looks less like spectacle and more like surrender — how grace finds us not in the dazzling or dramatic, but in the small, steady obediences that don’t feel like much at all. When life feels routine, when prayers seem to echo in silence, when we’re standing at our own riverbank waiting for a sign — this story reminds us that God’s presence often hides in plain sight.
Because the miracle isn’t in the river.
It’s in discovering that any water will do when God is in it.
Key Themes: Ordinary faith • Humility • Grace in everyday life • God’s presence in the mundane
Category: Religion & Spirituality — Christianity