{"id":17665,"date":"2017-07-29T01:34:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T05:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=17665"},"modified":"2017-07-06T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T20:54:35","slug":"did-i-mention-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2017\/07\/29\/did-i-mention-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Did I Mention Sheep?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>We had an opportunity to visit a genuine sheep farm, and watch a sheep dog do his work. It was fascinating. But as with so many other old trades and industries, sheep farming these days is mostly a labor of love.  The number of shepherds and sheep dogs is dwindling.  John Davoren is our shepherd. Here\u2019s our shepherd and his dogs.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep11.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17677\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/shep11-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"shep11\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17677\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep-e1499373696323.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17668\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep-e1499373696323-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"shep\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17668\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17669\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"shep1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17669\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep2-e1499373814965.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17670\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep2-e1499373814965-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"shep2\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17670\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here are the sheep\u2026 of course. <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17671\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/shep4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"shep4\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17671\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17672\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/shep5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"shep5\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17672\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17673\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/shep6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"shep6\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17673\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep7-e1499373993549.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17674\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/shep7-e1499373993549-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"shep7\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17674\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep8-e1499374048811.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17675\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/files\/2017\/07\/shep8-e1499374048811-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"shep8\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17675\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep9.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17676\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep9-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"shep9\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17676\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And while we are at it\u2026 there were indeed also goats\u2026.not with the sheep (see Matt. 25). <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep15.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17678\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/55\/2017\/07\/shep15-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"shep15\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-17678\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had an opportunity to visit a genuine sheep farm, and watch a sheep dog do his work. 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