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Today’s post is from\u00a0<\/em>Julie B. Sevig, an ELCA deacon, communications specialist at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chicago, IL.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nSunday, November 26, is soon here. In some congregations it is hailed as Christ the King Sunday, in others it has become known as the Sunday we focus on the Reign of Christ.<\/p>\n

Some will sing \u201cAll Hail the Power of Jesus\u2019 Name!\u201d (ELW 634) or \u201cCrown Him with Many Crowns\u201d (ELW 855) with gusto. Others will choose \u201cSoli Deo Gloria\u201d (ELW 878) or \u201cEvening and Morning\u201d (ELW 761), more gentle and subtle in both music and message. In my own congregation, the focus will be the end of the church year: Last Sunday of the Year.<\/p>\n

Having a king doesn\u2019t always turn out well for everyone, after all. Back in 1996, Gail Ramshaw, a scholar of liturgical language, wrote this when suggesting we call this \u201cLast Sunday of the Year\u201d: \u201cI find the myth of the crown, like the crowns themselves, more greed and glitter than divine design.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout history, crown and throne have been associated with power that was misused and evil. And we\u2019re sensitive to abuse of power and evil more than ever these days. It\u2019s as palpable as the morning news.<\/p>\n

So I look forward to November 26 as an opportunity to bid the year farewell, collectively and individually. Much like December 31, we have the chance to take stock of how we\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t wait until New Year\u2019s to make resolutions, theologian Karoline Lewis says: \u201cMake this New Year\u2019s Resolution Sunday.\u201d On this Sunday (whatever we call it), we look back and look forward, and imagine God\u2019s future and our role in it.<\/p>\n

No, we won\u2019t be singing \u201cAuld Lang Syne\u201d that week. But before shifting to Advent and all the anticipation it brings, my faith community will sing \u201cChrist Is Alive! Let Christians Sing\u201d (ELW 389):<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn ev\u2019ry insult, rift, and war,<\/p>\n

Where color, scorn, or wealth divide,<\/p>\n

Christ suffers still, yet loves the more,<\/p>\n

And lives, where even hope has died.\u201d (v. 3)<\/p>\n

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Perhaps Dawn Chesser, preaching director for Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church, says it best in her liturgical reflection for The Last Sunday of the Year: \u201cAffirm the victories and name the demons, but then let it all go and move on. Hope is coming. New life is just around the corner. God\u2019s grace is the hope of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sources referenced:<\/h5>\n

\u201cTransfiguring Monarchy\u201d by Gail Ramshaw in \u201cLiturgy Christ Reigns\u201d Journal of The Liturgical Conference, Volume 13, Number 2.<\/p>\n

Karoline Lewis, \u201cThrone Mentality\u201d from Working Preacher, Luther Seminary, November 16, 2014.<\/p>\n

Dawn Chesser, Preaching Notes for Christ the King Sunday, Year B (November 22, 2015).<\/p>\n

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