“Jesus answered [the scribe’s question about which commandment is the first of all with these words], ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: the...

“Now, there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in...

“[Jesus] said to [his disciples], ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’” (Mark 4:40, NRSV) Everybody has troubles. We tend to...