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A Misplaced Monarchy
As we celebrate the final Sunday of the church year, we engage with matters of kingship, authority, and why we get it all mixed up.
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From the bottom up, again
The challenge of Christ the King Sunday is that we need to deconstruct the nature of kings and kingdoms and then tell it again.
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A life of service and grace—for Proper 29B
As Jesus’s conversation with Pontius Pilate unfolds, we see his bewilderment at what is going on, because kings must have power.
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Between Proper 28 + 29 (Year B)
Preparing for the last Sunday after Pentecost gives us a chance to confront the question of power and kingship from below.
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Better Than a King
Christians have long called Jesus their king as a way of describing his place. The trouble is just how much that limits him.
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Dealing with Power
The Last Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 29BJohn 18:33-37 Collect Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his…
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Not a King
There’s a fundamental flaw in calling Jesus the king. But it isn’t just our perception of kings. It’s how it changes our relationship to Jesus. Proper 29B | 2 Samuel 23:1-7, Psalm 132:1-13 (14-19), John 18:33-37 I’ve heard the argument for an American king. It goes something like this. Our president has two jobs: being…
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On the Other Side Of the Wall
GOD wants that perfect community and we go “But that’s too hard. Give us a tyrant who can just tell us what to do. A good one, not a bad one.” And GOD says there’s no such thing. The reign of Christ and the end of fear Proper 29B | John 18:33-37 The Leadership of…