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Being passionate about one’s faith is not being fanatical. Being passionate about one’s faith is being inspired, actively seeking deeper understanding and being committed to living the values in our faith life. The problem is that anyone’s faith can become complacent, left unchallenged our faith may ultimately becomes stale. In Matthew 5:13 Jesus states, “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot”.
Passion in our faith requires trust in God. I wonder if people worry that if they become more spiritual or faith-based God will ask them to do something they do not want to do. There may be some truth to that. If we open our eyes more, we may see more injustices in the world, if we open our ears to listen, we might hear the harmful and disrespectful messages which confront us or we may become more attuned to the cries of the poor.

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Jesus was very clear in his understanding of leadership. For example, His teachings on leadership are found in Matthew 20:26, where he states, "But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant." This reflects the principle that true leadership is about serving others rather than seeking power or authority.

It is sad when one sees good people put in positions of authority, only to have the power go to their head. They no longer listen but are seduced by power and come to believe that they alone have the answer.

There are several reasons why the wrong people get into leadership. For example, the Peter Principle is a management theory formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, which purposes that in many organizations, employees are promoted based on their performance in their present roles until they are promoted to a position where they are no longer competent.

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Jesus, like any good lawyer never asked a question that he did not already know the answer to. After the disciples answer his question Jesus increases the heat by asking them who they think he is.

Peter responds with the perfect answer and Jesus points out that his answer is a reflection of God’s presence in his life. Unfortunately for Peter he continues talking and shows that while he gave the correct answer, spoke the correct words he really didn’t understand Jesus or His mission.

In these brief passages Jesus provides us with wise teachings about life.