{"id":2867,"date":"2024-04-18T22:58:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2024-04-18T22:58:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:58:22","slug":"carrying-our-cross-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2867","title":{"rendered":"Carrying our cross, worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Good Friday 2024 …photo by Joe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And a little child will lead them… This was a scene from a few weeks back in my hometown. Each year, there is a Good Friday “Crosswalk.”<\/strong> People, including children, take turns carrying this heavy, rough-hewn wooden cross from church to church in the downtown area (there are six churches). At each of the churches, a pastor gives a “Reflection.” For example, Presbyterian Pastor Bill Carr said that “…the way of the cross is a way of suffering.” He noted that Christ was flogged\/scourged, but steadfastly kept going on the way to His crucifixion. Likewise, the pastor continued, Christians are called to carry their own crosses, metaphorically. [*And what’s more, Christians are called to help others carry their crosses as well, whether that’s helping people in Haiti, Gaza, Ukraine… or America’s inner cities for that matter. For our Foreign Policy <\/strong>position paper, which is heavy on all this, and a good deal different in its intensity and scope than most American politician’s stances, see…<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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