Tag Archives: Pilate

The Friday Fast: Do not rush to Easter

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Rosalind C Hughes

Do not rush to Easter You may stumble over someone slowlycarrying their cross, might miss the quiet wordsof sacrifice: my body for you, my blood.Do not sleepwalk past the garden, where olive grovesgroan and dream of peace. Do not rush, … Continue reading →

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Christ, the King, the way, the truth, the life

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Rosalind C Hughes

Standing before Pilate, Jesus conjures a vision of a kingdom in which the truth is not decided by the preferences of the powerful, nor is justice exacted by violence, nor does the law of the nations have the last word over it. The kingdom that Jesus brings is one in which the love of God stands resolute before the principalities that would lord it over him, and undermines them by refusing to accept the finality of their penalty of death. Continue reading →

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Murdering Truth

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Rosalind C Hughes

It seems as though when we have beaten truth into our own image, and still it insists on speaking its own mind, we wash our hands of it. We make enemies of purveyors of inconvenient information. We shoot the messenger. Continue reading →

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Truth, lies, and email scams

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Rosalind C Hughes

The words we use to try to remake the world in our own interest and our own image cannot replace that creative Word of God, which writes truth on the heart and directs all of life towards its loving mercy. Continue reading →

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Christ the King Sunday

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

When Israel first asked for a king, they went to the prophet Samuel and said, “give us a king to govern us like all the other nations have,” and Samuel was angry and had words with God, and God said, … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday procession

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

The children are playing “parade.” They cut branches and leaves and grass to wave like flags. They throw their coats on the earth to make a colourful parade ground. They ride on their neighbour’s baby donkey and their friend’s large … Continue reading →

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