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Servant leadership continues to be a difficult concept, perhaps because so many business and political organizations elevate power and authority to ends in themselves.
One of the iconic moments in Francis’s life was when he stood before the bishop and people of Assisi and stripped not only of the clothing that belonged to his father, but of his very identity as his father’s son.
Jesus reserved his harshest words in the Gospels for those who thought they were spiritually superior to others.
The transfiguration was an extraordinary moment. Such moments don’t happen very often. But when they do, they change everything.
The need for peace and understanding is as great in our time as it was during the Crusades, and sometimes as little valued.
If we focus on finding common ground with one another, we’re less likely to end up in irreconcilable disputes. We might never come around to another’s point of view completely, but both sides may move closer to the middle.
Jesus and Francis both know that often the evil that we see and hate in others reflects some shadowy part of our own attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors.
