Jesus didn't care about his reputation. He acted Christ-like regardless of who was around him and regardless of what the religious ...

Bodily functions. Sometimes we hide their reality, sometimes we are open about them. Some of the crime dramas on television are pretty op...

From Richard Beck's book, unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality . Given all this, and combined with the central ...

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He w...

From Richard Beck's book, unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality . But what about those people on the outside of ...

From the gospel of Matthew: When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt befo...

From Richard Beck's book, unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality . Finally, consider the attribute of negativity ...

From the gospel of Mark: A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve...

From Richard Beck's book, unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality . As the self gets symbolically extended so does...

It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten...