Theologian John Killinger has written that Zaccheus is just about the only person in the New Testament who is singled out for comment on the basis of his physical appearance, the fact that he was small in stature. Whenever I read this passage of scripture, I can’t help but think about the song about short people that was popular a few years ago, remember? Maybe that’s part of the appeal of this story, because so many of us are not happy with our physical appearance. How else could you explain the immense popularity of health spas, health clubs, and weight control centers if there were not literally millions of us who want a body other than the one we currently occupy? Elizabeth Taylor, who was long considered one of the most beautiful women in the world, once told an interviewer that she h…