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The chapter on John really opened my eyes to the depth of the shepherding image as revealed through Christ. Christ is the suffering shepherd, who called his sheep, who led them to food and security. The surprising part is where they found it, in the shepherd himself. For his "body is real food&...

I agree that if more shepherds took time to embrace their role as a sheep that we would see less burnout. Another benefit of pastors understanding their role as sheep would be a greater humility in the pastorate. Laniak discusses the terrible abuses that Israel suffered from her "under shepherd...

Our roles do change daily and even many times in a day. One role Laniak introduced that I had not considered was the redemptive role of shepherd. I'm still having a hard time seeing this applied to fluffy white sheep, but do see God's redemptive work in history with his people. The book's examples i...

"The protective shepherd towards outsiders is the providing shepherd towards his own flock." (from page 127) This quote struck me as have a great depth of truth to it. How many self-serving shepherds (as navychap mentioned) can easily be discerned by the way they talk about their flock to...

I agree with you both and think that's what missing is the strength of the shepherd. Today "shepherd' is an out of date term in the secular world and those that get it think of an anemic pastorate. Reading the first section of this book I was impressed at how strong the image of shepherd was. T...