Christ the King
Colossians 1: 11-20; Luke 23: 33-43 I don’t know about you, but I’m struggling to cope every time someone says ‘King Charles’. I have no serious doubts about his fitness to be King – it’s just that all my life so far we have referred to “The Queen” and the change is hard to get used to. How many changes there will really be because Charles is King is hard to predict – we will have to look and see. Today’s Bible readings invite us to reflect on what it means to say ‘ Jesus Christ is King’ – not just of this country, but of all creation. The church has been reflecting on this for centuries, but I hope there’s always something new to say as we see in each generation what the rule of Christ means in our place and our time. We need to look and see just as much as we will with Charles. Today I’d like to focus on what one of the criminals on the cross sees. This is a story we always hear at Easter, how Jesus is crucified with two criminals, one on either side. ...