Unacceptable Perspectives Mark 7:24-37

Futile Effort, Unacceptable Causes An Irish Airman Foresees His Death W. B. Yeats I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love; My country is Kiltartan Cross, My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor, No likely end could bring them loss Or leave them happier than before. Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public man, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight Drove to this tumult in the clouds; I balanced all, brought all to mind, The years to come seemed waste of breath, A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life, this death.

Inexcusable Bigotry... Is this a power struggle between rabbi and “double gentile” woman? Is Jesus beaten? Who learns the most? Is there more than first appears?

... Or A Whole New History... Jacob and the Angel Jacob Epstein 1940 Alabaster Tate Gallery, London

That Includes Everyone? Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. Isaiah 35:5-6 Ryan Garcia, 2018

Once upon a time a man whose axe was missing suspected his neighbour's son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief and spoke like a thief. But the man found his axe while digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighbour's son, the boy walked, looked and spoke like any other child. Laozi