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Podcast: West End UMC Podcast Audio Podcast
Episode: Lifted
Description: Lifted – Today’s scripture is a story about Jesus healing a crippled woman, a story that is found only in the Gospel of Luke. There is little detail about the scene in the text, so Carol asks us to imagine what it must have involved. According to the writer of the gospel, Jesus frequently taught in the synagogue, and this crippled woman came in late on this day. Some probably knew her and were used to this. In that time, many believed that someone crippled was suffering that condition because of some sin. Jesus, however, had compassion, reached out and touc...