With the Fourth Sunday of Easter comes a shift in the kinds of Gospels we hear. From Easter until now, the Sunday Gospels have told of Jesus’ post-Resurrection appearances: the women with angels at ...

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.” ...

The Holy Ghost can change hearts and influence behaviors. As the world becomes increasingly contentious, learning how to better recognize His voice in the words of the scriptures will be a crucial ...

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 ...

The lectionary gospel readers for the Fourth Sunday of Easter take the three parts of John 10 in turn; being in Year A, we ...

When I was a boy living on a ranch in Tennessee, I spent glorious afternoons roaming with my best friend. We’d hike into the woods, ride ponies, visit the rodeo arena, and venture into the barn to ...

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 ...

When Jesus the Good Shepherd says that he calls each sheep by name, he's saying that he knows each of them uniquely, loving ...