Lectionary Reading
General Christian
A Shepherd Restoring Paradise
John 10:22-30 The good shepherd imagery in the synoptic gospels is referencing verses like these in Ezekiel where the leaders were censured for becoming an oligarchy that fed themselves off of the sheep rather than caring for them. In Mark, Matthew, and Luke, likening Jesus to a shepherd...
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Progressive Christian
The Good Shepherd and Social Justice
The prophets linked the work of the shepherd to caring for the needs of the people, feeding people with justice, peace, and safety.
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General Christian
Justice Work is Holy Work
John 21:1-19 The needs of the people are holy. Their needs were holy for Jesus, and they must be holy for Jesus followers today, too. Working for people?s material, physical, concrete daily needs (like bread and fish) is sacred, holy work. Others may call it a social gospel, but it is...
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Across Faiths
Progressive Christian
Imagery of a Shepherd and the Restoration of Justice
The imagery of a shepherd was used to communicate safety, distributive justice, and peace. It was life and life in its fullest expression.
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General Christian
So Send I You
John 20:19-31 ?The reality is that those who bear Jesus? name in the world often represent him to those around them whether they want this burden or not. Over the last four decades so many evangelicals have embraced a politic of harm rather than one of diversity and inclusion and a...
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General Christian
The Original Good News of Easter
Luke 24:1-12 ?The cross has been the symbol of salvation in Christian history for two millennia. The apostle Paul was among the first to define the good news as being about Jesus? death. Before Paul, there are signals in our sacred texts that the good news was not originally that Jesus...
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Lectionary Reading By Faiths
General Christian
A Shepherd Restoring Paradise
The Good Shepherd and Social Justice
Imagery of a Shepherd and the Restoration of Justice
Podcasts:
Justice Work is Holy Work
Feed My Sheep: Justice Is Sacred Work
Fishing for People and Overturning Systems of Injustice
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Progressive Christian
Justice Lessons from Post-Resurrection Bread and Fish
Podcasts:
So Send I You
Sent for Liberation, Justice and Love
Lessons from the Different Great Commissions
Lessons from John's Post Resurrection Stories
Podcasts:
The Original Good News of Easter
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