Walking the Way of Sorrows: Stations of the Cross - Softcover

Whitley, Katerina Katsarka

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819219843 ISBN 13: 9780819219848

Publisher: Morehouse Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Each year on Good Friday, Christian congregations all over the world walk the Stations of the Cross, a commemoration of Jesus' walk to Calvary.

In "Walking the Way of Sorrows," artist Noyes Capehart and writer/journalist Katerina Whitley provide a fresh resource for congregations and individuals who want to explore the meaning of these Stations more deeply. Capehart's stark and powerful block cuts of the fourteen Stations are accompanied by monologues from the point of view of someone at each station.

These monologues, along with biblical references and a brief liturgy, are excellent for individual devotion, but can also be used by groups who walk the Stations together.

About this title

About the Author:

Katerina Whitley has worked as a church journalist for the past two decades and also is the author of two other books of monologues: Speaking for Ourselves: Voices of Biblical Women and Seeing for Ourselves: Biblical Women Who Met Jesus, both available from Morehouse Publishing.

Noyes Capehart is a professional artist whose works have been shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Smithsonian Museum, and elsewhere. His art has been featured in American Artist magazine as well as in private collections in the United States, Europe, and Mexico.

From Publishers Weekly:

It has become a cliché to tell the Christmas story from the perspective of the lesser-known people and creatures that were there: the donkey that carried Mary to Bethlehem, the innkeeper who refused lodging to the family, etc. But this device has rarely been used with the story of Christ's passion, so this book of 14 reflections may help readers enter the Lenten story in a fresh way. Told from the point of view of various individuals who witnessed Christ on his via dolorosa, the meditations are arranged to complement the devotional practice of walking the Stations of the Cross (14 incidents from Jesus' condemnation to his burial). We hear reflective monologues from Jesus' mother Mary, a soldier who dragged Jesus before Pontius Pilate, Simon of Cyrene and Joseph of Arimathea, among other characters. Each brief chapter is accompanied by an arresting original woodcuts by artist Noyes Capehart.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0819219843
• ISBN 13: 9780819219848
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 86
• Illustrator: Capehart Noyes