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Topic: old shepherd's trick |
sutz
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Forum: Day 5: Spring Up, O Well! Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 4:46 pm Subject: old shepherd's trick |
I found Laniak's suggestion about what was going on in Numbers 20 to be provocative and novel. I feel a bit disappointed in Moses, but God's judgment does make more sense if Moses was faking it. He ... |
Topic: travelling lightly |
sutz
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Forum: Day 40: Home Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 4:32 pm Subject: travelling lightly |
The depiction of the portable Bedouin home is challenging for those of us who have houses, filled with possessions. When we move it takes maybe months and weeks of planning. When I resigned as pasto ... |
Topic: power and relationships |
sutz
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Forum: Day 37: Authority and Abuse Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:48 pm Subject: power and relationships |
Although as a pastor, it sometimes felt like I had no authority, I actually know the reverse to be true. I had lots of authority. I saw the truth of this when a congregation member became a pastor - ... |
Topic: fruitfulness |
sutz
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Forum: Day 33: Productivity Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:34 pm Subject: fruitfulness |
For awhile on the farm on which I grew up, we had two sheep. I can picture my dad being butted in the head by a sheep that didn't want to be caught. Though we let their fleece grow too long, we did ... |
Topic: unsafe? |
sutz
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Forum: Day 19: The Other Lion Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:56 pm Subject: unsafe? |
I too am unwilling to imagine God as unsafe. But his ferocity as a lion surely needs qualification so as to not paint a picture of God as arbitrary, volatile, and untrustworthy.
But his wrath sh ... |
Topic: the elusive lion |
sutz
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Forum: Day 18: Facing the Lions Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:46 pm Subject: the elusive lion |
A married woman (a university professor) in my congregation decided that she was in fact a lesbian, and left her husband. The couple were relatively new to our congregation. She had reached this con ... |
Topic: overseeing |
sutz
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Forum: Day 16: While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:22 pm Subject: overseeing |
'Shepherds sometimes stand at a distance to see the "big picture."'
As a 'big picture' person, I find that I do this kind of thing all the time, usually viewing the flock as a whole rathe ... |
Topic: shepherd warrior |
sutz
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Forum: Day 15: PROTECTION Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:10 pm Subject: shepherd warrior |
I find that I have a strong identification with the shepherd warrior image - maybe because of the years spent in church conflict. What is discouraging to me is that most of it was with the sheep them ... |
Topic: known and unknown |
sutz
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Forum: Day 14: Named and Known Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:32 pm Subject: known and unknown |
The stories about the shepherds naming and knowing their sheep are beautiful. And the sheep know their shepherds and are bonded to them.
I grew up on a farm and we had cattle. But the rancher's ... |
Topic: short staffed |
sutz
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Forum: Day 13: The Staff Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:20 pm Subject: short staffed |
I am struck by the critical importance and effort required to attach a (rejected) newborn to a surrogate mother, the staff being used to prod the ewe to accept the unfamiliar lamb.
I think I can re ... |
Topic: restoring life |
sutz
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Forum: Day 12: Satisfaction and Restoration Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:50 am Subject: restoring life |
"biblical restoration involves returning to a place of divine provision where comprehensive care is available and where life can be restored." What a beautiful description of the rest that ... |
Topic: searching all night |
sutz
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Forum: Day 11: Gathering the Scattered Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:42 am Subject: searching all night |
This past Sunday, one of our homeless friends died. He was in his thirties. Thomas was a lovely person, an easy-going man who cared for others. A high risk lifestyle perhaps in combination with a c ... |
Topic: the problem of being lost |
sutz
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Forum: Day 10: Lost and Found Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:33 am Subject: the problem of being lost |
Laniak draws out a wonderful connotation of the term "lost" in Shepherds After My Own Heart in that it implies that what is lost in fact originally belonged to the Great Shepherd. In the co ... |
Topic: maternal ministry |
sutz
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Forum: Day 9: Midwives and Nurses Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:27 am Subject: maternal ministry |
The image of the maternal in ministry is one I can relate to as a woman. Even before I became a mother, it seemed a natural fit that I relate to my congregation as a mother. When I moved to a new ch ... |
Topic: the diseases of sheep |
sutz
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Forum: Day 8: The Shepherd Healer Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:15 pm Subject: the diseases of sheep |
It sounds as thought sheep are prone to many problems! And so are we as God's sheep. The one aspect of this metaphor that troubles me is that the sheep that we treat as pastor-shepherds will sometim ... |
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