The Fourth Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)

The tie in between today’s readings: Unity in the Flock

Psalm 23:1-6, 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9:1-41

Probably the most familiar and loved section of scripture is our reading today in Psalm 23, The Lord is My Shepherd. In it, God promises His provisions and protection with a happily ever after thrown in. After further examination of this Psalm, I discovered one more reason for its popularity: this Psalm is all about me! Every line of verse has a “me”, “my”, or an “I” in it. How could you not love it? The reality is that the church is not just Jesus and me. I am part of a flock, a flock as diverse as a Whitman Sampler. Some of the other sheep make me uncomfortable with their different ideas of worship and doctrine to the point where I…