Nothing makes us feel more helpless than when one of our family members suffers.  That's what the woman in today's story is facing..  Her daughter is suffering. (Matthew 15:22.)  Both Matthew and Mark tell this story, and both identify the daughter’s problem as demon possession.  While it could have been literally true, often people of this time used this label to explain what we call seizures.  For me, it doesn’t matter what the diagnosis was; I get everything I need to know

She slips into the crowd unseen and pulls at her head covering so that her face is not easily recognized.  She wants to be one of the...