So many people unknown / Yet no one seems alone.

Charles Ringma invites us to enter the hermitage of the heart, mind and soul, and leads us towards deep theological and critical thinking, a life of ministry among the poor and justice-seeking, and a perceptiveness of what is actually going on in our world.

Jesus is not just the Good Shepherd, but the Beautiful Shepherd that lays down his life for us. This beauty stuns, captivates and leaves us in ecstasy – an ecstacy that draws us out of ourselves to pierce through and illuminate our culture’s many lovely oblivions.

Jesus is not just the Good Shepherd, but the Beautiful Shepherd that lays down his life for us. This beauty stuns, captivates and leaves us in ecstasy – an ecstacy that draws us out of ourselves to pierce through and illuminate our culture’s many lovely oblivions.