Sheep and shepherds. If there is a prevailing image in the Bible it might just be this one. There are 218 uses of “sheep” in the NRSV and and another 113 of “shepherd” or “shepherds.” I don’t know how that stacks up against any other significant word in the Bible but that’s a lot. So […]
Who’s looking for you?
Have you ever been lost? I have. I have been lost more times than I like to remember. In fact, I’ve been lost so often I suspect sometimes I haven’t even known I was lost. It isn’t all bad. My complete inability to deal with North, South, East, and West most of the time played […]
Not just any shepherd
One of the richest metaphors for the relationship between Jesus and us is that of shepherd and sheep (we’re the sheep in case you are wondering). In fact, it is such a rich metaphor that I’m certain there are a bunch of nuances completely lost on me because we don’t have a lot of opportunities […]