Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not
shepherds feed the sheep? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool,
you slaughter the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep. You have not
strengthened the weak, you have not healed the sick, you have not bound up the
injured, you have not brought back the strayed, you have not sought the lost,
but with force and harshness you have ruled them. So they were scattered,
because there was no shepherd; and scattered, they became food for all the wild
animals.
Thoughts on this weeks text from a neo-traditional Pentecostal mystic. In these pages you will find a pentecostal perspective, a concern for the interplay of RCL readings, and attempts to contextualize the text for intergenerational family ministry. I will also post poetry and artwork I find meaningful in my meditation for Sunday.
Friday, May 5, 2006
Dylan: Shepherding Justice
I wish that congregations were going to read both Acts 4 and Ezekiel 34 this Sunday. Acts 4 makes the causal connection between caring for the poor and experiencing the Spirit's presence and power that we need to hear, but Ezekiel 34 is a scathing indictment of the extent to which we who claim to follow "the good shepherd" have been doing the opposite of what a good shepherd does:
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