A Shepherd Known
It is cold tonight, cloudless with stars so bright I can easily see the flock bedded down in the pen and the shadows of Bethlehem lying peacefully below. My family has tended sheep here for generations. I am the smallest and most insignificant of my brothers, responsible for the smallest of our flock, the unblemished […]
Shepherd’s Gaze
“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. . . I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed […]
Changing of the Guard: Jesus’ Resurrection from the Centurion’s Perspective
When the centurion, who was standing right in front of him, saw the way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” (Mark 15:39) It had been days since he had slept for more than a few hours, but sleep was the farthest thing from his mind today. […]