In the absence of Jesus’ physical leadership, a new power to lead emerges among the disciples. Like the disciples, we honor Jesus’ absence when, as Christian communities, we do not look for a single leader to ride into town on a white horse and save us. We honor Jesus’ absence when we do not "look up" to a single human leader on whom we can depend for everything. We honor Jesus’ absence when we discover the Spirit of Jesus the Servant animating us as a Christian community of faith.
- Thomas R. Hawkins
Faithful Leadership
from a recent Verse and Voice mailing from Sojourners.
Read this along with Jeffrey Ozanne's blog post on the Prophetic Power of Tolkien
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