I can talk about a woman who experiences a minimum of three healings in one healing story. The first is busting through all sorts of internal and external barriers to step out her door and into a crowd. The second is reaching for the hem of Jesus’ cloak to seize a cure for her illness. And the third is - with one word - being restored as family, reclaimed as belonging. I can talk about Jesus making a powerful one wait in order to give his full attention and presence to a marginalized one. And I can talk about - especially in a moment of big transition or uncertainty - never underestimating the power of food.

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Narrative Lectionary, Year 3

Resources

• BibleWorm podcast: Episode 522 – Healing Interrupted, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr.
• Image: Photo by William Farlow on Unsplash
• Hymn VT 519: God, Give Me Faith Like A Child. Text - Adam M. L. Tice, 2012, © 2013, GIA Publications, Inc Music - Sally Ann Morris, b.1952, © 2013, GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.