Deep Calls to Deep 4th of Easter – Desire & Locked Doors
Seems to me that what we humans desire most is connection – acceptance, approval, love, welcome, hope, and such. Why does it seem many either don’t really pursue our deeper desires or we find other things to fill that connection? Case in point – The disciples locked the doors (gates) yet Jesus stood among them and spoke to […]
4th of Easter – The Deeper Desire
We are told that the deeper or deepest human desire is for God. I have had a goodly number of moments like that. On the other side of the scale, there’s been seemingly weeks, months, and years of other than that. What might it mean to search more attentively for this desire for God? It […]
4th of Easter – The Voices we hear / Good Shepherd? Strangers?
What does the voice of the Good Shepherd sound like? What differentiates the voice of the Shepherd from strangers? Jesus’ Voice = phoné John 10:3–5 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When […]
4th of Easter – Voices of Strangers and Shepherds…
Jesus made another attempt to get the attention of the Pharisees at the start of chapter ten in John. Recall he had a dust-up with them over the man born blind and then told them they were blind. Here, he tells them they are idolaters (“stranger’s voice” = “strange” gods before me…) and essentially false shepherds. Ezekiel […]
Deep Calls to Deep 