John 13:36-38. Unchecked zeal burns hot but often burns out — Peter had the fire without the foundation yet, and there is grace beyond the rooster's crow.
John 13:31-35. Judas has gone out, and Jesus calls this the hour of glory — then gives a new commandment as the mark by which everyone will know.
John 13 and Jesus washing feet on the last night — resilient love, demonstrated rather than described.
John 4:27-30 and the power of a testimony: what happens when people can actually see that a life has changed.
John 4:13-26 on Mother's Day, by way of the Stanley cup everyone was buying that year — and living water that leaves you never thirsty again.
John 4 and the bend in the road: after three chapters of theological heavy lifting, Jesus sits down at a well and asks a woman for a drink.