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Station 9: Jesus Meets The Women of Jerusalem
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” Romans 8:28
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Station 8: Simon Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
Just like Simon took up Jesus’ cross, and walked with him those final painful steps, God calls us to do the same. He calls us when we are exhausted, when we are busy, when it is inconvenient, and when it is hard. He calls us to do things that aren’t…
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Station 7: Jesus Bears the Cross
The bridge of the song says “My God, I see not what you see, my God what do you see in me?” Let our prayer today be one of gratitude: that Jesus saw us when we didn’t believe, and still died for us.
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Station 6: Jesus Flogged and Crowned with Thorns
It’s hard to imagine giving up your life for someone, but in this torturous and humiliating way, it’s even harder. Why would Jesus do this for us? “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 That’s the…
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Station 5: Jesus Judged by Pontius Pilate
There are so many reasons in our lives to fight against God’s plans; they can be painful and hard, they can be boring or take forever, but they are aways good. Jesus recognized this, and even though, humanly, he didn’t want it, he knew it was for the greater good…
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Station 4: Jesus Denied by Peter
There are numerous reasons why Peter wants nothing to do with Jesus during this dark time. And there is always a litany of reasons for us to reject Jesus on a daily basis.
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Station 3: Jesus Condemned by the Sanhedrin
I think we can separate ourselves from bible stories and think “How could those people do that? How could all those people want Jesus to die?”
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Station 2: Jesus Betrayed by Judas and then Arrested
The thing that strikes me most in this moment with Judas is that Jesus died for him, too. He died for all of us, no matter the sins we’ve committed
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Station 1: Jesus in the Garden
This is the moment Jesus could have said no. He could have asked God to let it happen another way, choose another man, pick another method. But more than wanting to be free from the “cup of suffering” he was about to endure, he wanted God’s will to be done.
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Introduction to Stations of the Cross
I don’t know about you but I can often glide through Easter, post a “He is Risen” family photo on Instagram, eat a delicious ham with all the sides, and sing “Glorious Day” in church and call it good. I have enjoyed participating in the Stations of the Cross because…
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