It is lambing season on Iona.  Most of the "crofters" (farmers) on the island raise sheep. There are dozens of baby lambs playing in the fields which we are enjoying watching everyday as we walk.  The lectionary passages the past two Sundays have been about shepherds and sheep, e.g. Jesus telling Peter to "feed my lambs" (John 21), the 23rd Psalm, and Jesus telling the people that his sheep hear his voice and follow him (John 10).  Thinking about those passages as we watch the lambs is like seeing a sermon!