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On the good shepherd—for Easter 4B
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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Good—when it is easy to focus on the bad
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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Between Easter 3 and 4 (Year B)
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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In the light of the resurrection
In the resurrection story from Luke, we are reminded, not of the fear of the future, but of not knowing what to do—when we actually do.
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The other Literalism is just as stifling
We all recognize the problem with literal interpretations. But there is another kind of literalism that fails in exactly the same way.
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Continually in the temple blessing God
In the resurrection stories of Jesus appearing to his disciples, we confront our need for the physical and the spiritual resurrection.
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Going beyond belief—for Easter 3B
The challenge of this resurrection appearance is that we get caught up in the material and not in the experience of our own belief.
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