About Emily Santanberg — Inner Chapel
Slow Scripture. Quiet faith. Shared faithfully.
This is the quieter side of Emily Santanberg. Here I read Scripture slowly and sequentially — not to perform it, but to sit with it. I write daily reflections as I move through the Bible noticing questions as much as answers, and allowing the text to resist easy conclusions. If you’ve found me through X or BlueSky, this is the inner room — the place where the thinking behind Emily’s Female Saints Fest is formed rather than broadcast. Nothing here replaces Scripture, and nothing is written to go viral. It’s simply companionship in reading, prayer, and attention. You can follow my public work and Female Saints Fest on X as @ESantanberg or on BlueSky as @emilysantanberg.bsky.social
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The Samaritan woman has just asked Jesus for the living water He's been talking about. The woman later known in Christian tradition as Photina. So I'm expecting Jesus to explain how she gets it. Instead He says: “Go, call your husband and come back.” Erm. Why? Why does she need to bring her husband to get living water? “I don't have a husband” She confesses: “I have no husband.” And Je...
John 4:16–26: which church should I go to?
Oct 01, 2026
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The Pharisees have noticed something. Jesus is attracting more disciples than John the Baptist. So Jesus leaves Judea and heads back towards Galilee. And to get there, John tells us: “He had to go through Samaria.” Which is where things get interesting. Samaria Jews and Samaritans had history. A lot of it. They shared ancestry and Scriptures, but disagreed profoundly about worship, identity an...
John 4:1–15: back to the source
Oct 01, 2026
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I started reading John 4. Then something from the previous two chapters suddenly clicked. And now I can't unsee it. Back to Cana In John 2, Jesus goes to a wedding. He's just a guest. Then the wine runs out. Mary tells Him. Jesus quietly turns an enormous amount of water into wine — and apparently very good wine. The strange thing is that almost nobody knows. The master of the banquet congratula...
Reflection on John 2 & 3: the wine never runs out`
Sep 21, 2026
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