This Woman's Worth

Still Making a Way

Abstract

For too long the woman in the Mark 5:25-34 text has been presented as an object of faith with little discourse on her personhood or how this encounter impacted her life and Christianity today. Is faith the deepest hermeneutical reflection to develop this text? Have we overlooked the significance of this divine intervention as Jesus begins to engage directly with women? The church must go deeper than a superficial interpretation of her story. True to Jesus’ ministry, class, status quo, and gender norms are being challenged here. This text screams inclusivity and not just window dressing on church membership rolls. Her fight for life mirrors the women, minorities, and other marginalized people of today who are still fighting for equity and inclusion.