Gazing on the Cross: Part Two

Challenged to do more than gaze-
(Part Two of the Lenten experience at Park Street Church)

Scriptures, in the form of the cross, loom over worshipers. Drawn into the truths
of the crucifixion, all sat quietly-- a reverent awe passed from person to person.

"But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." Galatians 6:14

A station set up to nail our sins to the cross sent metallic sounds of sacrifice
throughout the repentent crowd.

Our sins, His wounds


Traditionally, lent is a time of abstaining, fasting, and repentence. The body was asked to fast yet we hungered not for food, but forgiveness.

"If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to purify us from all unrighteousness." I John 1:9






An opportunity to express what the cross means to us-- Brown sheets of paper are covered with messages to Jesus that begin "because of the cross . . ."

 

Thus, one church's via dolorosa-

How will you walk the path of the cross this week?

Pictures courtesy of Heidi Weller, a faithful servant of Jesus Christ