Stories of the Cross
I often wear a cross, and I usually put a little thought into which one I choose to wear on a certain day or for a certain event. Today is Good Friday. Today is the day of the cross. Today I chose to wear the one I wear most often - a simple brown wooden cross on a black string. Papa Santiago made it and gave it to me a very long time ago. I keep my crosses from El Salvador in a box. Today, before I put the box away, I pulled out a handful of larger crosses. I put them into my bag and brought them along to family camp. Family camp is how my home church honors Good Friday. This afternoon we were sitting outside. I laid the crosses out on the picnic table in the warm sunshine. "What are these?" someone asked. "Crosses from El Salvador," I said, "and each one has a special story." The Cross of Healing - the green cross with the blue flower emerging from the center was designed to mimic the logo for the 2003 ELCA Churchwide Assem