Be – May 18, 2021
“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.” —Rumi
In the Heart of Christ – May 8, 2020
O my Beloved, you are my shepherd,I shall not want;You bring me to green pastures for restand lead me beside still watersrenewing my spirit,You restore my soul.You lead me in the path of goodnessto follow Love’s way. Even though I walk through thevalley of the shadow and of death,I am not afraid;For You are ever […]
We Are All in This Together – May 7, 2020
“One lesson… is that sheep fare best together, not picked off one by one. Another is that there is promise of great pasturage, abundant life for all who follow Jesus’ way. A third is that there is something public, open, honest, and even simple about how we live as God’s people through Jesus. It’s the shepherd, […]
Jesus Has Other Sheep Besides Us – May 6, 2020
“The metaphor of the gate is not one of exclusion, not a license to think of ourselves as Jesus’ true sheep and others as outsiders. (If we use it that way, we become like the Pharisees who expelled the blind man from their community.) The purpose of the gate is not to keep out other […]
