Willing to Touch

Jairus, a respected synagogue ruler, agonizes over his dying child. Leah, a scorned outcast, faces a devastating divorce after years of chronic bleeding. A miracle-working rabbi has moved to Capernaum who could help them, but it's risky. Leah knows she will defile anyone she touches-including this holy man. Jairus knows certain religious leaders have condemned Jesus as a heretic. Both desperately need the rabbi's healing touch, but Jairus has a reputation to protect-and Leah has one to overcome. 


My name is Marianne Selay. I was born in Buffalo, New York, but after living in the Snow Belt for twenty-three years, I moved to Tucson, Arizona. That's where I met and married my husband Mark. A few weeks later, we moved to the Havasupai Indian Reservation, where Mark taught school. Supai is in the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It was eight-miles down, and our mail and groceries came by mule train. There were no cars, TVs or radios. We walked everywhere, played board games and got to know each other and our neighbors. It was a great way to start a marriage! Now I live Imperial Valley, California, where Mark and I raised our three sons.