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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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Confrontation
The image of the shepherd challenges the comfortable, moderate church to be responsible for our common safety.
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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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The Disruption of Jesus
We’re tempted to see the clearing of the Temple as something other than disruption. We’re afraid of what it reveals about Jesus. When the Shepherd clears the TempleLent 3B | John 2:13-22 Jesus walks into the Temple, makes a whip, and drives the animals, tax collectors, and dove sellers out and then flips tables. Objectively,…
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About the Bread
a Homily for Proper 12B Text: John 6:1-21 Focus on the Feeding With the Feeding of the Five Thousand, we get one of the most recognizable stories of Jesus in the Bible. To many of us, this is quintessential Jesus. He feeds people. He performs a miracle. He instructs the disciples. He transforms how people…
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Twisting in Intimacy
a Homily for Easter 5B Text: John 15:1-8 One of the problems we face when we read the parables of Jesus is that many of them have a light side and a dark side. They often illustrate what will happen when we are right with God and when we aren’t. Our saving grace, most of…