Unassuming Power

In J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf assembles a fellowship of heroes to help destroy the one ring. But despite the great warriors he brings together, the keys to their success lay with the hobbits Frodo and Samwise. Small, unassuming, and peaceful, they end up being the ones who can face down the power of the evil Sauron. Jesus’s entry into the world was unassuming, unless you were a shepherd. He never exhibited the power that the world values—no armies followed him, no polit...