Unable to remove the
stain. the long-held objection
protesting against
the judgment of time, of history,
trying to put it on
them as if he was an innocent
unable to stop the
tide while he held the power
this man of the
center, the face of power
wanting to wash his
hands to remove responsibility
but he was the voice
of Caesar, the Roman Empire
in that holy,
troubled land, Israel, Canaan,
in the city of David,
Jerusalem
Can you see him,
through history, a cypher,
a soul yet wandering,
between heaven and hell
over and over he must
have washed his hands
rubbing his skin, his
flesh raw from the scrubbing
trying to remove the
stain, the tattoo of innocent blood
blood he allowed to
be spilled, blood of a king
given for his people,
those who knew His name
whose oil was kept
full, who knew more than anything else
they needed His gift,
His boundless mercy, His ultimate sacrifice
His wife knew too,
something was wrong, something very wrong
she warned him, she
pleaded, not to do this evil, not
to shed this pure,
clean blood, untainted by human sin
a human life lived
godly, that should have been proof enough
especially to those
vacillating, questioning twelve, disciples,
How could they go
through three years of teaching, of learning,
of watching Him, His
actions, His compassion, His humanness,
His divinity, His
pure love, His sinlessness, and not knowing
that He was the
Christ, the living Son of God
This was God; the
King of the Jews, righteous, innocent,
how could Pilate let
the rabble dictate the death
of an innocent life,
a man that did not threaten Rome
to sacrifice, to hang
on the cross, instead of Barrabas
who himself was a
threat, this man, not Jesus
Washing his hands, no
that didn’t truly clear his stain
that he must have carried,
he must carry still, yet, unfinished
a soul yet wandering,
between heaven and hell
like the Master knew,
and wrote so well
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edited November 5, 2014
Washing His Hands – v5
(editing version 3)
Edited December
11, 2013
“Washing His
Hands – v3”
edited November
5, 2014
“Washing His
Hands – 2 – v2
edited November
5, 2014
Washing His
Hands – v4
(editing
original again)
edited
November 5, 2014
My guilt
remains – v3
(editing
version 2)
Edited January
4, 2014
My guilt
remains – v2
March 7, 2013
and March 8, 2013
My guilt remains
Third Sunday
in Lent
Luke 13:1-9
(GOD’S WORD Translation)
Isaiah 55:1-9
(GOD’S WORD Translation)
Worship Theme
– “The Voice of God . . . Pilate”
Call to Worship (Psalm 27:1, 5, 14 God’s Word Translation)
Unison Prayer:
(Worship and Song © 2011)
Prayer of
Dedication (adapted from GBOD © 2013 Luke
13:1-9)
This Lenten
Season, we are doing something a little different.
We are doing
Lenten Dramas from: http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/home.htm
It is called
"The Voice of God". We are hearing conversations between
God and some
of the characters that took part in Passion Week.
It has been a
"moving experience" for all. . .
February
13 2013 Ash Wednesday – James (portrayed
by Diane Mitchell)
February
17, 2013 – Judas (portrayal by Ray Foss)
February
24, 2013 – Peter (portrayal by Marshall
Burns)
March
3, 2013 – Pilate (portrayed by Richard
Fleury)
March
10, 2013 – Barabbas (portrayed by Mark
Cioffi)
March
17, 2013 - Dysmas (Thief on the cross) (portrayed by Ray Foss)
March
24, 2013 Palm Sunday
March
28, 2013 Maundy Thursday – The Centurion
(portrayed by Mark Cioffi)
March
29, 2013 Good Friday - Mary Mother of Jesus (portrayed by Kathy Akerman)
March
31, 2013 Easter Sunday! - The Gardner (portrayed by Mary Ann Cioffi)
and Lenten
Drama:
(a
conversation with Pilate and God after the crucifixion)
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
March 3, 2013
Third Sunday
in Lent
Lent
&
----
Edited December
11, 2013
“Washing His
Hands – v3”
Edited March 26,
2013
“Washing His
Hands – v2”
March 26, 2013
“Washing His
Hands - 2”
Matthew 27:17b
Matthew
27:15-26
Sanctuary for
Lent for 2013
by Robert V.
Dodd
scripture and
meditation for March 26, 2013
read March 26,
2013
&
earlier poem
December 2,
2006 20:02
“Washing His
Hands
Matt 27:1-26;
Luke 23:1-25
and The Master
and Margarita
by Mikhail
Bulgakov
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