The gospel reading for Christ the King is a portion of Jesus' trial before Pilate (although John describes it more as Pilate's trial before Jesus). At his trial, Jesus reaches out to Pilate much as he has to Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman at the well, trying to help Pilate see things anew. But Pilate is too committed to images of power and masks of control to embrace the truth. In that he is not so different from many politicians today, or from me, and perhaps you.