In John’s Gospel, Jesus talks in Chapter 10 a great deal about sheep and shepherds. A good shepherd knows the sheep and the sheep know their shepherd. In fact, there are four variations in this short ...

And in verse six, Isaiah gives us a fresh and unique perspective on the death of Jesus: "All of us like sheep have gone astray. Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the ...

Sunday, May 8, is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52; Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 5; Revelation 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30. The Lord says, “My sheep hear my voice.” The Lord is not ...

The Good Shepherd by Letbetter explains, “the artist, Weinert, is saying that the shepherd saves the lamb by kneeling, a posture of humility, ignoring the thorny brush that had entangled the lamb.” ...

You can find the readings here. I know them, and they follow me. Many years ago, I spent a few days on an educational farm, where I helped to birth a sheep. The little lamb was stuck in the birth ...

The key theme of this Sunday’s Gospel is the recovery of the repentant sinner. The Gospel itself comes in two versions: a short and a long form. The short form includes only the first two parables in ...

I think most people are familiar with Psalm 23. It’s the one that starts with “The Lord is my shepherd,” talks about walking in the shadow of death… you know, that one. If you don’t go to church or ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- The Occupy Movement's suggestion that 1 percent of people have 99 percent of the resources is in line with something Jesus once said. So in a way, the Occupiers may be right.

The correlation of the roles of king and shepherd precedes even the Old Testament. Akkadian, Babylonian and Sumerian texts, including the Code of Hammurabi, all invoke the king as shepherd. Clearly ...