{"id":6283,"date":"2017-05-02T07:28:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T12:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=6283"},"modified":"2017-05-02T06:26:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T11:26:14","slug":"may-7-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/may-7-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"May 7, 2017–Following the Shepherd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faith Lens
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Warm-up Question<\/strong><\/p>\n

How does someone remembering your name after a brief introduction affect how you feel about them?\u00a0 What assumptions do you make about someone simply because they remember your name?<\/p>\n

Following the Shepherd<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There is something about us which wants to test everything.\u00a0 Take for example the question of whether sheep really do follow the shepherd’s voice.\u00a0 The conventional wisdom (in part because of of this week’s gospel lesson) is that sheep know the difference between their shepherd and other folks calling out to them.\u00a0 But is it true? A simple Google search of “sheep calling” quickly yields a series of videos offering some evidence that sheep do indeed respond to a particular person.\u00a0 In one humorous video <\/a>three persons call to an absolutely apathetic herd with no visible effect, but when the shepherd steps up, you can see the sheep’s ears perk up\u00a0 far across a field.\u00a0 Then a tentative walk becomes a stampede to the fence and the waiting shepherd.<\/p>\n

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