Includes bibliographical references

Introduction: Radical inclusion and our baptismal vows
The power of the powerless to restore community
Miracles
Compassion as a subversive activity
Healing as a political act
The deeds of power : encounters
The man with the unclean spirit
What does the face of love look like?
Simon's mother-in-law
The virtue of staying useful
The leper
Choosing to exile or embrace
The paralytic
Restored by the faith of friends
The man with the withered hand
On cultivating compassion and lovingkindness
The gerasene demoniac
Living into the full measure of our lives
The woman with a hemorrhage and jairus' daughter
Touching power and faith
The ill of Gennesaret
Unexpected grace and sacramental work
The syrophoenician woman's daughter
Making place at the table
The deaf-mute
On being open(ed)
The blind man
On seeing more clearly ... day by day
The epileptic boy
Help my unbelief
Blind Bartimaeus
Seeing others truly
Communities (or community) restored
You are not far from the kingdom
He is going ahead of you to Galilee

"In Compassion as a Subversive Activity, pediatric neurologist David K. Urion tells the stories of children and families tested in the fires of autism, cerebral palsy, and other life-changing neurological disorders. In vivid, true-to-life detail, he shows us how the touch of compassion and acceptance can bring healing-if not cure-to these families and to the communities in which they live." "Each story from Urion's experience is paired with a story of the miraculous healings of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. Setting the stories of Scripture side by side with his powerful observations of lives in crisis, Dr. Urion finds strength in the view that miracles are subversive political acts of power that restore wholeness to broken communities and allow us to truly see the face of God in everyone we meet. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET