Good Shepherd
Among the parables Jesus used, the good shepherd is one of the well-known stories and I think one of the most comprehensive ones in terms of symbolizing the Christian faith. At the beginning of chapter 10 of the Gospel of John (right after chapter 9, the story of Jesus healed the blind), he started the parable of the good shepherd. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep." (John 10:1-2) The Good Shepherd by Bernhard Plockhorst As we all know, all the sheep here symbolize us, humans, who've been suffering various problems in this world from the "big issues" like poverty, violence, crimes, and injustice, to the "small issues" like conflicts, uneasiness, and unsatisfactory situations we experience each day. We are struggling with our living one way or another in blamin