Today we explore the word “shepherd,” how it was used, and what it symbolized. I was inspired to write about this topic after hearing the magnificent hymn “Shepherd Me, O God.” This version is sung by ...

Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11). The word “good” in the Greek language refers “to goodness in the sense of capability.” In other ...

British shepherds often take sheep and rams, one by one, and throw them into a dipping trough, a huge vat filled with an antiseptic liquid. The shepherd must completely submerge each animal, holding ...

In Palestine today, it is still possible to witness a scene that Jesus almost certainly saw two thousand years ago, that of Bedouin shepherds bringing their flocks home from the various pastures they ...

Q: When the current pastor arrived, our Catholic parish was a vibrant, singing community. Now, after many of his changes, it is not. Many parishioners have left. After a few attempts to speak to the ...

TUPELO – If you ask the Rev. Will Rambo, teaching pastor at The Orchard in Tupelo, one of the funny things about the Holy Land is the proximity of the ancient, the mythical, to the modern. Take ...