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The farmer-poet Wendell Berry once wrote about the settling of the American continent as two stories: conquering kings and stewarding servants. He said, "a conqueror uses power to take, while a servant uses power to care. The conqueror believes that power justifies itself; the servant knows that power is justified only by love and fidelity." Too often we choose to be conquerors instead of servants.

In the final chapter of the book of Joshua, there is a quiet lesson about what the Lord desires for a new nation in a new land. The Kings of Canaan have been vanquished, but Joshua refuses to take that title for himself. Instead he declares, "as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord," and that is the title he's given at the end of his life "Servant of the Lord" (Joshua 24:15, 29). As we conclude our Fall sermon series this week we'll consider the role of power and authority in our lives and how Christ shows us how to live gently on the land and in the world, resisting the temptations of domination while serving our neighbors with love.