Good Shepherd

Today’s Gospel reading contains one of the verses in the Bible that every Christian should know. John 10:10 sums up the essence of the Christian life and why Jesus came: ‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.‘ But what does this mean? It means that we should be […]

The image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd is attractive and popular. To understand it fully we need to grasp its context. In the ancient Near Eastern world, few people would have been unfamiliar with the responsibilities and trials of a shepherd: many families had at least a few sheep of their own. From the