The Sheepfold and the Voice of the Shepherd

Stone sheepfold John 10:22-30 Recently my boys have been spending a great deal of time outside in the area that will soon be transformed into our garden. They spend endless hours digging in the dirt for worms. They then promptly take those worms and throw them to the chickens. It amazes me how even chickens can learn to recognize sounds or voices. My oldest makes this funny high-pitched sound when he comes out of the house and heads toward the coop. The chickens practically fall over themselves running toward the fence or out of the coop when they hear him making his sound. They know there is food to follow! In Sunday's Gospel Jesus tells us that, "My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me." and "I am the gate for the sheep." Today, again, Jesus mentions that His sheep know His voice and follow Him.  In these few verses we learn that Jesus is both gate and shepherd for the sheep. In those days and even today in some places, a sheepfold w

Boy's Day Out

I took the boys out to Clear Creek for a hike last week. After they saw the pictures from my hike they had to go and see the barn. This is the ascent up Cemetery Ridge Trail, a 700 foot rise from the road.

The boys pause for a breather and to dream of sled ridding down the hill behind them.


They spotted the barn!

A place boys could play in all day long.



We found a pool of water with frog eggs in it. Many of the tadpoles were starting to emerge from the eggs.



On the way back down the hill.

I forgot to mention that this guy was on my back the whole time. Good training for the Wilderness Outreach trip.

I'd been left behind.

If you click on the picture, you may see a red dot near the middle. That's one of the boys far ahead of dad.

Comments

Lauren said…
Wow, very impressed that they hiked so far. Way to go boys! (and you!)
James M. Hahn said…
They did very well considering it was about 4 miles total and much of it steep, rugged terrain. They did good this last weekend too (only 1.5 miles) www.wildcatholicheart.blogspot.com