shepherd
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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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As much as the church loves to speak of sheep and shepherds, it remains an image that both helps and hinders because many won’t listen.
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In revealing the incarnation to shepherds and star watchers, we are given the sharp contrast of God’s love and joy against the madness of kings.
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This week’s gospel is too easily taken as a reflection on leadership, or the need for better leaders. That’s not it.
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Lectionary preachers have a challenge in Easter 4A. A choice between economics and safety. And none of it feels safe.
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Jesus’s images often have us looking in the opposite direction. Usually because we’re looking the wrong way.