We turn this week to an image of Jesus the healer from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection, illustrating a miracle story in two of the Synoptic Gospels, which has long perplexed New Testament scholars, where Christ is rudely dismissive of a non-Jewish woman who appeals to him to exorcise her demon-possessed daughter. The writer of Mark describes her as a "Syrophenician Greek;" Matthew the Evangelist uses the more pejorative term, "woman of Canaan." Insisting his mission is only for the "lost sheep of Israel," Jesus tells the woman he cannot take bread from children and cast it to the dogs. The desperate mother responds that dogs are glad of any crumbs falling from the master's table. The witty comeback earns her the respect of Jesus and he commends her faith in proclaiming her daughter healed. My choice of an illustration for this cross-cultural encounter comes from outside the Western tradition of religious art-making. It is a hand-colored stencil print, based on a technique for dyeing kimonos, by Japanese Graphic Artist Sadao Watanabe and can be found on his profile page in the Sacred Artists section. (John Kohan)