There is something both humbling and comforting about the Bible’s repeated picture of God’s people as sheep. Humbling, because sheep are not known for their brilliance or independence; comforting, because the image assumes a shepherd who stays close, who provides, who protects, and who leads. When Jesus speaks about sheep and shepherds, he is . . . → Read More: I am… the door for the sheep

John’s Gospel is written with a distinctive closeness to Jesus. Tradition remembers John as “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” and whether we take that phrase as a title, a testimony, or a literary device, it signals something important: this Gospel is not a detached report. It is the carefully considered witness of someone who lived . . . → Read More: I am…. the Light of the world