Sermon - 11-20-22

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Religion

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Over the past few months, I have been thinking a great deal about leadership and the personal characteristics we look for and value in good leaders. Leadership is something many of us think about as we look to the future. In fact, as I along with Council members are presently looking for leaders who will be willing to serve within the life of the faith community over the next few years, I realize how important it is for us to understand what leadership means in the life of the church. So, it very interesting that as we come to this last Sunday of the church year, that Sunday when we proclaim the reign of Christ as all in all, we receive scripture readings that force us to really grapple with what meaningful leadership looks like. On this day we are essentially confronted with the question, “What does it mean for us to name Christ as our leader? What can it mean for us to name Christ as our King?” It is truly difficult for most Americans to understand living under royal rule. After all, our identity as a nation was borne out of the experience of breaking away from royal rule and kingship. When we think of a king, we tend to think of a ruler with authoritarian power. When we think of kings and leaders with power, we think of those who oversee the work and bureaucracy of a nation. And we hope for a leader who is honest, has integrity, grants citizens a measure of security and affirms the values of the majority of the people. We look to leaders who promise a better tomorrow for all people. We tend to think of kings and rulers as people who hold positions of honor, people who are looked up to. When we picture a king, we think of looking up to one who has power, to one who has been exalted. So on this last day of the church year, as we think about leadership, we look to Christ as our leader and ask what it means for us to name Christ

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