Jesus replies, “Feed my lambs” (John 21:15–19). ... “Feed my sheep,” says Jesus, but it is a task of cosmic difficulty. Can anyone do this without devolving into a wolf?

My imaginary sheep, I’ll call Sweater. Without a doubt, Sweater would be very special to me, and I would love and show it by loving and taking good care of him; this […] Skip to content ...

And Jesus said to him a third time, “Peter, feed my sheep.” I wonder: what would that sound like to you, when you’re fed up and can’t take it anymore, to be told, “Feed my lambs”?

Jesus directed in John 21:17 to “Feed my sheep.” He assigned the task to Simon Peter, but followers for 2,000 years have taken the teaching as their own. O good shepherd, feed my sheep ...

Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep” (Jn 21:17). Today’s Gospel is from the very last chapter of John, and in it, Jesus reveals himself to the disciples for the third and final time after his ...

Raphael, “Feed My Sheep,” c. 1515 (photo: Public Domain) Dave Armstrong Blogs June 26, 2025 Jesus didn’t just forgive St. Peter in John 21:15-17 — he gave him authority.

Now Jesus was asking me to take over, to be like a shepherd to his sheep. And so that’s been my life’s work: caring for all those who follow Jesus, trying to be as good a shepherd as he was ...

For people of faith, responding to hunger is about neither politics nor humanitarianism. Rather, feeding the hungry is primarily a response to the question posed by Jesus to all of his followers ...

I had the privilege of providing a Sunday School lesson about a subject that is somewhat unique to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but which I believe has meaningful application ...