Initially, we will examine the 23rd Psalm ("The Lord is my Shepherd...") from the perspective of a Christian lay minister, Philip Keller, who tended sheep during his early years in East Africa and later became a sheep rancher. Mr. Keller has written a book which will form the basis of the class.
The Bible was written in ancient times when society was mainly agrarian. As an urban people thousands of years later, we can miss the subtleties and the beauty of the ancient text.
