Back in early December, Jerry and I were in Jerusalem for a meeting of the presidents of the World Methodist Council. We deliberately chose to meet in Jerusalem because we wanted to identify the world Wesleyan family with that small, often- persecuted and almost always forgotten Christian community in that land our Lord made holy. It disturbs me greatly that of all the millions of Christians who visit that land, very few seek out the Christians there and hear their story.

A Christian should not go to Jerusalem without deliberately walking the Via Dolorosa – the way that Jesus walked from the place of trial and sentencing to Golgotha where He died that we might live. The Stations of the Cross are designated along the Via Dolorosa, marking the happenings on that long trek up Golgotha’s hill…