What makes a shepherd a shepherd isn’t the staff or the rod; it’s the heart. What distinguishes a great leader from a mediocre one is that a great leader has a heart for his people...

You can’t be a shepherd who engenders the loyalty and trust of his people if you don’t get this right...

Ted arrives early and is waiting for his mentor to join him. He can’t help but notice the incredible photos and knickknacks from all over the world. As Dr. Neumann enters, he points out two of his most valued treasures, two sticks. One of which was longer than the other (around 5 ft.) and it had a large curve, like a question mark – the shepherd’s staff...

Dr. Neumann picks up Ted during a busy week of classes and projects that are due. They hop into Doc’s car and drive out to a farm where the sheep have obviously not be cared for, a pasture that was bare, and fence that had received little to no attention. Every aspect of the role of the shepherd had been neglected...

This chapter of The Way of the Shepherd brings Ted and his mentor looking over his flock and Dr. Neumann shows Ted the process of ear-tagging his sheep. Ted is confused of the importance of this and, as he is now used to, there is a greater purpose for being able to identify these sheep as coming from the Neumann ranch...