This Sunday is Christ the King Sunday, the final week of the church year. The following Sunday begins the season of Advent and the beginning of a new year!

It is perhaps the best way to end the year: celebrating the kingship of Jesus Christ and remembering that Christ leads us in a way that is radically different from all other earthly authorities. In our culture, authority is often defined by coercion, domination, and selfishness. In the Kingdom of God, authority is centered in incarnation, forgiveness, and self-giving love.