Sheep and us - not the brightest bulbs in the box!
Sacred Space reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Easter Gospel: John 10:11-18 Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/four-white-sheep-on-road-during-daytime-C1BgV-Tc67s During the season of Easter, the weekday readings offer us vivid accounts of the energy and dynamism of the community that forms after Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. I have always loved this sense of a community that re-groups, all fuelled by the same passion and conviction - ‘the whole group of believers was united, heart and soul’. They move so quickly from being cowering, terrified people-in-hiding, fearing for their lives, to a bold and brave group, unstoppable in their witness to the resurrection. One encounter - or a series of encounters - with the Risen Jesus emboldens them. Suddenly, everything makes sense. The lives they lived with Jesus, after he first called them to ‘come and see’, are reoriented. Now, they are called to ‘go and tell’ and they do. Their sharing of the good news is a call to share their exp