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Revelation offers a profound critique of empire—and of a church that embraces the way of empire. We must learn to read it today.
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Episode 74 of the Make Saints podcast
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In calling himself the Good Shepherd, Jesus sets up a way for his followers to contrast him with those who don’t have to care about them.
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Tradition uses the good shepherd as a comforting image of Jesus, but its power is in contrast—between Jesus and those who hate him.
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It is much easier to focus on the bad than the good—which means we have an imbalanced perspective of how things really are.
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Jesus’s teaching on the Good Shepherd comes in the midst of Easter resurrection stories — and the people who are afraid of him.
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