Advent Reflections

Joyful Expectation | December 6

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end” Ecclesiastes 3:11 I’ve experienced several liminal times in my life- times when I have noticeably shifted from one chapter to another, from one version of…

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Mission Moments

Encountering the Spirit on the Rez

Going All-In The trip to Pine Ridge is something that has changed my life forever. Starting out on this trip when I was a junior in high school, I didn’t get it. Sure I would help here and there but for the most part, I was in it to be around the people I cared…

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Mission Moments

Greetings from Pine Ridge

Rooted in Relationship Nine years ago Good Shepherd started bringing high school youth and their parents (or other significant adults from their life) to serve and learn together at Wings as Eagles Ministry on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Over the years we’ve taken over 120 individuals (many multiple times) to this place…

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