Sermon - 9/12/21

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This pandemic has presented anyone in a leadership position with multiple challenges that were unforeseen. There’s no “playbook” for leadership when the stakes are high, and there’s certainly no playbook for what to do in the face of a 21st Century pandemic. Many of you are leaders in your profession and you have no doubt discovered these challenges. As we look at the various leadership positions many of you hold in the world of education, the world of business, or the life of the church, I know good leadership is something all of us highly value within our community and our culture. We work hard to develop leadership abilities within our kids because we want them to be leaders. We need good leaders in every aspect of society. We give awards to people who demonstrate strong leadership ability. Higher education is a place where we intently focus on developing leaders. However, the obscure, unspoken message communicated by this emphasis on leadership is that being a follower is for losers. We do not often encourage our children to be followers. We do not give out awards for being followers. As a matter of fact, in today’s culture the only place where one is really encouraged to be a follower is probably on Twitter! And, if we really take an honest look at our inability to follow public health guidelines during this pandemic, we discover how challenged we are to be followers, even if people’s lives literally depend on it. Yet, followership is the other side of leadership. Well, Jesus’ words to us today cut right through our perceptions of leadership and followership as we hear him teach about the kind of leadership he calls for and especially what it means to follow. And I have to say, his words are rather hard to hear. The question of “Who is willing to follow Jesus Christ?” is really THE big defining question of Christianity, and Jesus places it front and center as we h

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