WELCOME
(Mark 7:24-37)
Syrophoenician
woman whom Jesus rebuffed
revealed her deep faith.
Decapolitan
man with impaired tongue and ear
begged Jesus for health.
Two stories confront
notions of who can be ‘in’ –
how open we are.
Our disparate church
struggling daily to live out
this healing Jesus.
Jeff Shrowder, 2018