I've stopped trying to climb over it or knock it down. Now I just sit there.
Season after Pentecost | 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
Wisdom of Solomon 1:13-15, 2:23-24 or Lamentations 3:23-33 (Psalm 30); 2 Corinthians 8:7-15; Mark 5:21-43 | Semi-continuous first reading: 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27 (Psalm 130)
Read Tamar or Dinah's story with your church. Listen together for their cries.
Jairus knows the weight of justice delayed as justice denied. But he keeps moving.
The woman's presence in a crowd is an act of civil disobedience.
Until Christians can all share the Lord’s Supper, the rift continues. But there is no denying how massively the ground has shifted.
In Mark 5, a hemorrhaging woman meets a permeable savior.