{"id":894,"date":"2011-12-14T11:26:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T11:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=894"},"modified":"2011-12-14T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T11:35:09","slug":"living-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2011\/12\/living-water.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Living Water,&#8221; Compliments of a High School Boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is rare that your ex-boyfriend&#8217;s sister becomes your maid of honor. \u00a0That is what happened when I married my college sweetheart almost twelve years ago in a little church in New Haven, Connecticut. My friend, Laura, held the train of my dress and raised her champagne glass to toast my marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday Laura sent me the following video: it takes Jesus&#8217; words to the woman at the well and sets them to music; apparently my high school boyfriend who composed the video with his wife is now launching a career as a composer. \u00a0The piece as a reflection on living water (John 4) is really beautiful and poignant in a George Winston sort of way, and I thought I&#8217;d share it. \u00a0That way some day when Mark Lybarger-Monson becomes a famous composer, I can say we snuggled at the CIF swimming championships.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy it!<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Living Water\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l72Wzj7Ro8s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is rare that your ex-boyfriend&#8217;s sister becomes your maid of honor. \u00a0That is what happened when I married my college sweetheart almost twelve years ago in a little church in New Haven, Connecticut. 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