Radical Reverence: Jesus and Unnamed Women in the Gospels

Honour, admiration, respect, compassion, esteem, tribute, appreciation, trust - these are some of the responses of Jesus in his encounters with unnamed women in the gospels.  In these presentations we will aim (with visuals and stories) to view these women through his eyes as we reflect on his radical responses toward these “nobodies” of his time and inaugurates a new world in which “there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female” (Gal. 3:28).

Thursday January 9, 2-4pm CST. Jesus' response to women in need:

1. Honour for the woman bent double (Lk. 13:10-17) 

2. Admiration for Syrophoenician/Canaanite woman (Mk. 7:24-30; Mt. 15:21-28)

3. Respect for the woman with hemorrhage (Mk. 5:24-34; Mt. 9:18-26; Lk. 8:40-56) 

4. Care for the daughter of Jairus (Mk. 5:21-24; Mt. 9:23-26; Lk. 8:49-56)