Lift High the Cross - The Living Church

Lift High the Cross - The Living Church

When I teach Christology in my institution’s graduate pastoral ministries program, I begin the course with an exercise in theological reflection, inviting students to consider their relationship with Jesus as it has developed over the years, starting with their earliest memory of him. My earliest memory involves a crucifix. The children of St. Barnabas Church in Arden, North Carolina, were going to sing a hymn for a liturgy (if I recall it was e…