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In The Shepherd and His Staff, our examples of the qualities of a good shepherd and the uses of his staff start with Abraham, then cover Moses and David, concentrating on the men called by God and their use of an actual wooden staff. When we move to Jesus and his 12 apostles we move from a wooden staff to human staffs. Jesus tells Peter to be a shepherd and to feed his flock. We end with those of us today who are heirs of Jesus as modern shepherds, and while we do not use a wooden staff we surround ourselves with human staffs just like Jesus did. It is no accident that the word shepherd has the words “she” and “he” in it. As women and men serving in his Kingdom we are living staffs used by the Lord to guide and lead his sheep as he would have. This book illustrates the key characteristics a living staff should have, as we also lead as good shepherds.