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More than a Good Shepherd
The image of the Good Shepherd offers a comforting vision of Jesus for us. But he is offering us a better vision for the world.
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Contrasting shepherds and hired hands
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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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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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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Love fuels sacrifice
As the good shepherd, Jesus opens us to the idea that sacrifice, his sacrifice, is central to understanding love. Hearing the Good Shepherd within the chaosEaster 4B | John 10:11-18 I struggle with the shepherd image. Because I have a hard time relating to it. And I don’t know sheep. I don’t know what it’s…
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The Sacrifice of the Good Shepherd
For SundayEaster 4B Collect O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we hear his voice we may know him who calls us each by name, and follow where he leads; who, with you and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.…
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Parents and Children
Jesus speaks about something much deeper than shepherds and sheep — he embodies the very sacrificial love of God to show us how it’s done. the good parent stands up for all children Easter 4B | Acts 4:5-12, John 10:11-18 Parents and children. That’s what we’re going to talk about this morning. But as we…