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The 40th Day was really an excellent reminder of what our true goal is as shepherds and that is to get the sheep home. But this requires us to know where home is and to keep the flock aware of this. For sheep, that have not had this kind of clarion focus, it requires a lot of intentionality on the p...

How can something be both living and sacrificed at the same time? Often I have read the passage in Romans 12:1-2, which speaks of us presenting ourselves as living sacrifices, but never had I envisioned the totality of it until reading Day 24. This numbing experience has me asking myself, am I a liv...

Day 35 speaks of “thinking flock.� As much as this makes sense, it is also probably one of the hardest things to do and do well. In my previous pastoral assistant environment it was easier to think flock because all of the sheep had similar concerns (they were all older adults). Now as the senio...

While Shepherds Watch the Flock Second Post - Day 23 As a new pastor, one of the areas in which I know that I will need to become better is the use of the rod. Day 23 shares how to use this valuable tool both as a defensive weapon and as a discipline tool. The difficulty with comparing the shepherd ...

Observation of the wilderness: Wilderness and Wonderment - When one looks at the picture in the opening chapter before reading its contents, the picture is somewhat alluring. The sun is reflecting off the calm water and the mountains look as though they touch the blue sky. It looks so peaceful; howe...