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Jamie, I agree with much of what you have written. There is another factor relating to ‘goats’ in the church and that is whether they are willing to accept the power and the responsibility of that position. If a shepherd entrusts his flock to a goat for a short period of time and something bad h...

I was thinking about the words “nahal� which means leading a flock to a place of refreshment and rest, “nakhah� refers to a straight forward guidance and “nahag� is a directive herding from behind the flock. Dr. Laniak wrote that effective shepherding involves the use of all three of the...

The question asked to the prominent pastor, “Do you give your people a chance to rest?� (pg. 93) could be asked to us as well. Scripture teaches and is filled with illustrations how Israel was commanded to rest every seven days, take time for feasts, celebrations and observe the Year of Jubilee....

Greener pastures may be good for sheep, but not necessarily so for pastors! “When pastures flourish somewhere else, the news spreads quickly to desperate shepherds� (page 54). I can only imagine that at times, it was a race for shepherds to move their sheep to greener pastures before other sheph...

Wilderness can be a physical place as well as a state. Dr. Laniak wrote, “The wilderness is also associated with wild expectations. It is the tohu vevohu (“formlessness and void�)7 into which God speaks a new creation� (page 24). I am currently in my third ‘wilderness’ journey and each o...