Native American
(Blackfoot People
of Montana & Alberta)
This is the story of
the Good Shpherd
told with
Native American imagery
from the place
where the Great Plains meet
the Northern Rockies
on the border between
Montana and Alberta...
where Coyote is at home...
and where the Blackfoot Indian woman
finds in him a "good shepherd."
(The story is told and illustrated above
in the collection of Native American tales:
"The Punishment of the Stingy"
by George Bird Grinnell.
The imagery of the Good Shepherd
goes back to the Christian catacombs
of the Third Centnry
and is imaginatively retold
in our century
as the tale of
"Little Friend Coyote."
Fourth Sunday
of Easter
Lectionary Images
Psalm 23
[Episcopal, Revised Common & Roman Lectionaries]
The Lord is my shepherd.
I shall not want.
In green meadows
He gives me rest.
To still waters
He leads me.
He refreshes my soul.
He guides me along a clear path.
Though I walk in shadow
at the bottom
of a dark canyon
I fear no evil.
My shepherd is at my side
with rod and staff.
He gives me courage
John 10: 1-10
[Episcopal, Revised Common & Roman Lectionaries]
I am the good shepherd.
I know my sheep,
and my sheep know me.