How the Cross Came Out of the Crucifixion

I wrote this essay to help both Christians and inquirers understand Christianity in a different way: namely, that the crucifixion of Jesus was not just an act of violence but despite that violence an expression of God’s compassion for our humankind. The death of Jesus became the seed of a growing community which enacted and still enacts God’s love. I’ve described a few of those actors in this divine drama, as have the fifteen friends and colleagues who added their responses to my essay. Such women and men are witnesses to a living help and hope in our dark times.

Carl Scovel and his wife, Faith, are the parents of three married offspring and grandparents to their seven children. His two recent books are Never Far From Home, Sunday morning talks given on WCRB, and I DO, a collection of unusual quotations on marriage.
His current calling is writing - postcards, letters, emails, journals, essays and a very few books. His current company consists of family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, strangers, clerks at the local stores and fellow citizens on the streets of Jamaica Plain, MA. His current comfort comes through those wonderful people as well as through music, poetry, prayers, theology and worshiping with Eastern Christians.