Sheep Jobs (a.k.a. “The Lord is My Shepherd")
Okay, folks, here it is. The Sermon. I am taking a huge risk putting it out here before I give it at our university chapel on Sunday, but Prof. Boice also says that writers need to practice asking for feedback. Please be gentle, I'm really scared about this. NB I don't intend to read the footnote. That is for your benefit. And the opening sentence will be slightly different. I should probably say a prayer--suggestions welcome. This is the psalm assigned by the lectionary for the Sunday that I have been asked to preach. I've always had difficulties with this psalm.† Perhaps because it is the one psalm that everyone seems to quote whenever they want to make a point about how loving and undemanding God is: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.” It all seems so saccharine and, well, fake. After all, who wants to ...