As they went out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross. Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and ...

Happily, this has a flip side: Just as pain will now flow into our lives more freely and more deeply, so too will meaning and ...

and they forced him to carry the cross.” “They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall [a bitter ...