Life is difficult, and at some point all of us walk around with a sense that we are unclean–broken, sick, or just too bad to merit being valuable to anyone. In Matthew 8, Jesus encounters a man who encompasses this condition. His reaction is what shocks us. Everyone else runs away or beats up a zombie…Jesus embraced him. Read this account of the story, watch Dave Thompson bring the story to life, and ask yourself–how would Jesus’ embrace change for me?