“I have called attention to the kind of authority Jesus and Paul enact as a way to suggest that there may be some tension between the political order that is the church and that form of social and political organization called democracy. I need not tell you this is the day Americans elect their president and a host of other offices. We will be told this is the day the people rule. That sounds like a good idea, but you need to remember that there was a democratic moment in the Gospels, and the people asked for Barabbas. Continue reading A Timely Word for Christ the King Sunday (Series on “Minding the Web”)
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A Quote from Ellen Davis for the Feast of Christ the King
The following is quotation from Ellen Davis’s rich collection of sermons, Preaching the Luminous Word, that seems especially appropriate for the Feast of Christ the King: Continue reading A Quote from Ellen Davis for the Feast of Christ the King
A Prayer for Christ the King Sunday
This past Sunday many congregations marked the end of the Christian year by celebrating Christ the King Sunday. The Feast of Christ the King is a relatively recent addition to the Christian calendar. It was established as a festal celebration by Pope Pius XI in 1925 and has, in the years that have followed, also begun to be celebrated by many Protestant denominations and congregations. There is a certain fittingness to the Christian calendar ending with the proclamation, “Christ is King!” Not only does this resonate with the shape of the biblical narrative itself, it also provides an obvious segue into the season of Advent, where we await the coming of the King. As I was preparing for worship this past week, I came across a prayer I wrote for worship on Christ the King Sunday back in 2008 that seems like it might also be of use for us today. Continue reading A Prayer for Christ the King Sunday