The Bible passage I quoted on Sunday is one that I think speaks on so many things; grace, mercy, the necessity of thinking for oneself rather than following any kind of 'tradition', whatever form that might take.

Last night while reading more of Mark 7 I was struck even more by how radical what Jesus says to the Greek speaking woman is.
Perhaps the first thing that struck me was based on something I had started to feel walking through Manchester city centre on a Sunday morning..essentiallly how Jesus drew people to him, people went to him who were sick, both physically and spiritually, the scripture from Matthew 8 springing to mind (Matthew 8:16-17)