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In many ways this is the most challenging and impactful reflection of them all. The imagery of Abraham, Jesus while on earth, Paul and even God as content tent dwellers causes me to pause and reflect. I can’t help but wonder why today so many followers of Jesus, myself included, give in to the ten...

Here I really appreciate the insight and reminder that leadership is a shared reality. I had never really thought about the way this is played out in the context of a flock before, but it is amazing to me how the roles within the flock can so easily parallel the roles within the church. The point in...

I am not one who generally embraces discipline, however I find this reflection both challenging and insightful. I really appreciate how the rod and staff are shown here as representing both discipline and comfort. There is something beautiful about knowing that God loves me enough to discipline, pro...

At first I found it interesting that satisfaction and rest or restoration are being addressed here in a single devotion, instead of as two separate topics for reflection. However, in reading through this reflection I really came to appreciate the interaction between being satisfied and restored. For...

I really appreciated how the events of Moses striking the rocks in Exodus 17 and Numbers 20 are contrasted here. Not being that familiar with the life of a shepherd, I never considered that Moses was perhaps relying on God in the first incident, but his own experiences as a shepherd in the second on...