Good Shepherd
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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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More than a Good Shepherd
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7 min read
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
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5 min read
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
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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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Love fuels sacrifice
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6 min read
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
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2 min read
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.…