Stations of the Cross - Beloved Version

Went to the Church of the Beloved's (COB) experiential stations of the cross tonight with friends. An fresh, artistic expression of the liturgy surrounding the passion of Christ that we presented over three evening. They had thirteen "stations" of reflection and prayer and here are just a few.

A sculture by Ryan Marsh, the leader of COG, of the death of Jesus. His face is covered with a black sheet and there are three round kneeling places.

This is a painting by Scott Erickson of Jesus being taken down from the cross. I was taken by the way the identity of the person is hidden (so it could be any one of us). Also, the fact that there's no way you couldn't get blood on you.



This was the final station -- the burial of Jesus. Each of us who went through the experience were to take a handful of dirt to place it (throw it) on this iconic picture. The whole experience -- accompanied by an audio track of scriptural readings -- made the passsion a more real event for us.