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Leaders, followers, and the powerful innocence of sheep
Originally appeared on spirituality.com.
“Don’t be a d--- sheep,” my father told me so early in my life that I thought the word sheep started with a “d.” But I didn't miss the counsel that I was to do my own thinking and not blindly follow what others, especially my peers, were doing. As a result, I grew up without much appreciation for what it meant to be a follower—or for the value of good leaders.
When I started to study Christian Science and to probe the Bible more deeply, I gained an understanding of God as a shepherd who would care for and guide His sheep—of which I was one.
I’ll never forget the day that I came across the definition of sheep in Mary Baker Eddy’s book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: "SHEEP. Innocence; inoffensiveness; those who follow their leader" (p. 594).
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Bea Roegge is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, and a contributing editor to the Christian Science Sentinel, The Christian Science Journal, and this website.
