The key theme of this Sunday’s Gospel is the recovery of the repentant sinner. The Gospel itself comes in two versions: a short and a long form. The short form includes only the first two parables in ...

This is English artist John Atkinson Grimshaw’s depiction of a shepherd looking for his lost sheep. Grimshaw lived from 1836-93. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus told the Parable of the Lost Sheep in Matthew 18 ...

I found myself on my back in a 100-gallon sheep watering tank. There was over a foot of snow on the ground. It was right ...