Easter 4A
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The image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd is comforting to many, but there is a problem with the way we aren’t listening to it.
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Shepherds and Gates—for Easter 4A
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2 min read
Jesus as shepherd is such a traditional image that its power to evoke is often granted easily. Is our own sense of place too easily granted?
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Confrontation
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7 min read
The image of the shepherd challenges the comfortable, moderate church to be responsible for our common safety.
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The tougher reading (Easter 4A)
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4 min read
Lectionary preachers have a challenge in Easter 4A. A choice between economics and safety. And none of it feels safe.
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A Shepherd and a Gate
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2 min read
In our reading, Jesus switches metaphors. From one we like to one that is more troubling. But it doesn’t have to be.
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Between Easter 3 + 4 (Year A)
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3 min read
What we need to know between weeks three and four of Easter is that we are revisiting a moment we started in Lent.