Monday night our church went on a little pilgrimage to visit another local church to contemplate and reflect on Easter. Over at Grandview Calvary Baptist church, they had different members of the church create artwork (specifically drawing) of different Stations of the Cross that Jesus went through. Some of you reading who wonder what the stations of the cross are, they are different significant points of Jesus’ crucifixion journey, starting at the garden of Gethsemane and ending up after the resurrection.

From Wikipedia:

The Stations of the Cross (or Way of the Cross; in Latin, Via Crucis; also called the Via Dolorosa or Way of Sorrows, or simply, The Way) refers to the depiction of the final hours (or Passion) of Jesus, and the devotion commemorating the Passion. The tradition exists in Roman Catholicism, Anglican, and Lutheranism. It may be done at any time, but is most commonly done during the Season of Lent, especially on Good Friday and on Friday evenings during Lent.

Some will remember Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” which was a movie based on the Stations of the Cross (also called the Passion).

What was really cool about this experience was when we arrived the churches worship band was practicing, and although at first we wondered whether we were disrupting their time by walking around the sanctuary looking at the artwork and the scripture, they instead accommodated their music for us and played some spectacular contemplative music that moved our souls. We are deeply thankful to them for that. What a great night it was!