CLEANLINESS ISN’T EVERYTHING
(Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23)
“Wash your hands, Jeffrey,”
my parents said long before
the soap commercial.
Jesus’ counter-view
of hygiene rules in his time
shocked the rule-keepers:
outward cleanliness
does not better the intent
springing from one’s heart.
Jeff Shrowder, 2018
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