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...wanna be a shepherd...I wanna move up to Nashua, get a nice little spread, get some sheep and tend to them.” Of course, these wise words belong to Will Hunting, but Matt and Ben, always in tune with the nation’s youth, seem to have keyed into a desire that we all share. The time has come to act on that wish, to care less about our stocks and more about our sheep...
...crafted--is a tradition that is being reclaimed and transformed at the same time. Like any romance, the courtship between a church and a preacher can take a long time and some divine intervention to get right. Pastoral search committees often spend years looking for their perfect mate, a Shepherd in Chief who can somehow tend to both the budget and the soul. But as important as administrative skill and pastoral experience may be, many churches admit that right now, there's one gift that matters most. Says Duain Claiborne, who chaired the call committee for his Lutheran church...
...their five-person intervention team. In addition to their mentor, their academic adviser and dean for first-year students Nasteff, the freshmen are introduced to that traditional student counselor, the resident adviser, and one more peer contact that reflects the college's Baptist background--a student called a shepherd, whose role is spiritual guidance. That guidance can mean helping freshmen study for midterms or praying with them. Jewell's campus is ecumenical--no religion courses or pledge of faith is required, and the student-senate leader is Jewish--but the school's Christian focus is evident. You're more...
...protected from the soldiers as well, because most of the troops come from places where AIDS is a problem. But it's hard when you're sitting in a country that denies there is a crisis." Gabriel Madieye sees the result of that neglect. The head of the Shepherd's Hospice for HIV-positive patients consults more than 100 new HIV patients a month. But because the tiny clinic has only two beds, he feels it is unfair to admit anyone because it will mean turning away dozens more. So he gives outpatients basic drugs, counsels them and slowly works...