On a Hill Far Away: John 19:16-22 - Palm Sunday
Whenever I’m in the Uniontown area, I always make it a point to look for the large white cross that stands at the summit of Camp Jumonville. This has been one of my favorite places to visit in the Laurel Highlands because it is a deeply spiritual experience to hike the steep three-quarter mile trail to the top and stand beneath the enormous cross looking out over Southwestern Pennsylvania. Crosses have been erected on mountaintops all throughout the world, most famously in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil . There’s a cross that stands atop Gosser Hill as well as one that stands at the end of my street in Lower Burrell, which can be seen driving up the Tarentum Bridge. These crosses stand as beautiful reminders of God’s presence in our communities and world. Photo by Matteo del Piano on Unsplash However, there was a hill outside Jerusalem where crosses were raised, not to comfort and encourage people, but to terrorize them. Golgotha, or Calvary, was where Rome asserted its dominance...
