By Cyd Holsclaw
“I want you to imagine yourself as a sheep.
And if a sheep isn't an animal that you get excited about, you could imagine yourself as a different kind of animal. But of course, sheep have wool. And in this story, your wool doesn't have to be a standard color like white or brown or black.
It can be any color you want it to be. So I ask you little sheep, what color is your wool?
Whatever color your wool is, just imagine yourself standing in a field, and the shepherd comes to you and calls you by name and digs his fingers into your wool. He is so glad to be with you. He knows your name and comes close to you because he's glad to be with you.
And in being with him, you feel quite content. There's nothing that you need. But now the good shepherd says to you, come follow me.
And so you follow him to a wide open pasture, and it's filled with tender sweet grass. And he invites you to eat, and so you do. And so just imagine yourself sticking your little muzzle down into the grass and eating as much[…]”
From Attaching to God: Neuroscience-informed Spiritual Formation: 126 Where it all started: The Shepherd Story (with Cyd Holsclaw), Jul 29, 2025
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attaching-to-god-neuroscience-informed-spiritual-formation/id1561994016?i=1000719683882&r=129
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