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The Cross [Annotated, Updated]: Crucified with Christ, and Christ Alive in Me

The Way of the Cross Is Not a Detour—it’s the Road

• Jesus didn’t say “avoid suffering and follow me”, but “take up your cross” (Luke 9:23)

• The path includes loneliness, unanswered prayer, and downward mobility—but it ends in resurrection

“The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise God-fearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning... See more

Community is also clutch. I heard a friend say, “Even Jesus didn’t carry his cross on his own,” referring to the fact that Simon helped him, but also to the fact that our burdens, our little crosses, our hard days, get a little more bearable when others are walking alongside us.

Shane Claiborne • The Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical

AN UNCEASING CROSS-BEARING

J. Oswald Sanders • Spiritual Leadership, Spiritual Discipleship, Spiritual Maturity Set of 3 Sanders books

The Seventh Station: Jesus Bears the Cross

Gary Jansen • Station to Station: An Ignatian Journey through the Stations of the Cross

what does it mean for us to be cross-centered

Peter Scazzero • Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation

Cast your burden[114] on the LORD, and he will sustain you;

C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration

The Christian life is a life of cross-carrying.

Andrew T. Walker • God and the Transgender Debate: What does the Bible actually say about gender identity?

And it is to cross-bearing of this nature that the disciple is always called. It involves a willingness to accept ostracism and unpopularity with the world for His sake. We can evade carrying the cross simply by conforming our lives to the world’s standards.