The sermon today was on Mark 5:21ff (Jesus raises Jairus's daughter and heals the woman with the issue of blood).

It always seemed weird to me that Mark writes this with one interrupting the other, but I never really got why, unless it was just how it happened to happen.

But finally after seeing the repetition of "daughter... daughter... daughter", I realized... Mark is doing a #PairedTexts thing here.

This one story is about the healing of two daughters: Jairus's daughter and the woman Jesus calls "Daughter". And that seems deliberate: I can't find another example of Jesus addressing a woman with the title "Daughter".

So now I'm pondering the parallels and the differences.

Stop, you’re both right.

#Biden #NYTimes #WaPo #Election2024 #PairedTexts

#pairedtexts

RT @JennBinis@twitter.com

#PairedTexts

1. "The House of Representatives will have more guys named 'Mike' than women chairing committees under the new Republican majority" (https://www.businessinsider.com/house-republicans-more-mike-women-committee-chairs-2023-1)

2. From @ImRachelWhite@twitter.com (Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15700763.2021.1965169)

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JennBinis/status/1613148353319108608

RT @JennBinis@twitter.com

#PairedTexts

1. https://www.edpost.com/stories/professor-fired-for-showing-picture-of-prophet-muhammad

2. https://jill.substack.com/p/get-religious-fundamentalism-out

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JennBinis/status/1612825380846452736

Shooting rampage at Virginia Walmart leaves at least 6 dead
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/23/walmart-shooting-chesapeake-virginia/

#pairedtexts #pairedimages #virginia #walmartshooting #gunviolence #hypocrisy #vapol