Sieghardus, The Captain Who Stood At The Cross

In Sieghardus: The Captain Who Stood at the Cross, or Sighard: The Tale of a Centurion, the author’s task is daunting. How to tell the tale of a roman centurion of pagan German birth who is transformed by witnessing the Crucifixion? How to tell the story of the earliest Followers of Jesus, Jews who would not have identified themselves by the name Christian until later in history? How to describe the precise moment in time when religious tradition and the public execution of Jesus collide? That is the challenge of Sieghardus’ story, and that is its power. It gives the reader a fresh perspective in the Story of Stories and challenges us, as Sieghardus is challenged, to make devoted sense of Christ’s Presence on Earth.