in response to a skeptic


Jesus stands before Pilate and gives a brief explanation of his identity.  Blind by hubris, still a bit drunk with power, a hungover Roman governor speaks for humanity.  "What is truth?" he says or asks or perhaps even exclaims.

Silence.

There would be a time for preaching and teaching and speaking.  A time for listening intently.  In this moment, though, the answer is silence.

I would do well to follow that example a little more often.

photo credit - flickr creative commons - luzer's photostream
Posted by John Spencer on Monday, November 02, 2009
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1 comments:

paul c said...

"What is truth?" and Jesus is silent.

'We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass grows in silence, see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls. ~ Mother Teresa

November 3, 2009 3:34 PM

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