Episode 26: Sheepish

Sheep are sometimes characterized as stupid; when we talk about people as being “sheep,” we mean that they are mindlessly following some leader. But sheep deserve more credit. True, they’re capable of straying. But they’re also capable of having a relationship of trust with a shepherd. Psalm 23, the so-called Shepherd Psalm, is one of the best-known and most beloved of the psalms. If we want to understand it, we will need to admit the ways in which we are like sheep.