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Fourteen original woodcut designs depicting the Stations of the Cross, with accompanying monologue, that inspire meaningful meditation about faith for Lent and throughout the year. Each year on Good Friday, Christian congregations all over the world walk the Stations of the Cross, a commemoration of Jesus' walk to Calvary. In Walking the Way of Sorrows, artist Noyes Capehart and writer/journalist Katerina Whitley provide a fresh resource for congregations and individuals who want to explore the meaning of these Stations more deeply. Capehart's stark and powerful block cuts of the fourteen Stations are accompanied by monologues from the point of view of someone at each station. These monologues, along with biblical references and a brief liturgy, are excellent for individual devotion, but can also be used by groups who walk the Stations together.

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"""Capeheart's stark and powerful woodcuts of the 14 Stations and Whitley's monologues, written from the point of view of an observer at each Station, combine to provide a fresh understanding of Our Lord's passion. Each monologue begins with a verse of Scripture and concludes with a brief liturgy."" --Catholic Parent ""Each year on Good Friday, Christian congregations all over the world walk the Stations of the Cross, a commemoration of Jesus' walk to Calvary. ""In Walking the Way of Sorrows, artist Noyes Capehart and writer / journalist Katerina Whitley provide a fresh resource for congregations and individuals who want to explore the meaning of these Stations more deeply. Capehart's stark and powerful blockcuts of the fourteen Stations are accompanied by monologues from the point of view of someone at each station. These monologues, along with biblical references and a brief liturgy, are excellent for individual devotions, but can also be used by groups who walk the Stations together."" --The Anglican Digest ""The collaboration by this artist and writer has produced a small, but powerful book that depicts the trails of Christ from his condemnation to his death and the placing of his body in the tomb. Walking the Way of Sorrows offers a fresh perspective for those who want to explore the meaning of the stations more deeply."" --Episcopal Life ""This book will move you. From the moment you pick it up, you are grabbed and transported back in time. Walking the Way of Sorrows helps you to experience Christ's final hours from the point of view of average people of his time. It will make an outstanding Lenten devotional or Bible study for teens and adults."" --Homeschool Christian ""In this excellent resource, church journalist Katerina Katsarka Whitley has written monologues tied to each one of the fourteen stations on the Way of Sorrows."" --Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Health"

""Capeheart's stark and powerful woodcuts of the 14 Stations and Whitley's monologues, written from the point of view of an observer at each Station, combine to provide a fresh understanding of Our Lord's passion. Each monologue begins with a verse of Scripture and concludes with a brief liturgy."" --Catholic Parent ""Each year on Good Friday, Christian congregations all over the world walk the Stations of the Cross, a commemoration of Jesus' walk to Calvary. ""In Walking the Way of Sorrows, artist Noyes Capehart and writer / journalist Katerina Whitley provide a fresh resource for congregations and individuals who want to explore the meaning of these Stations more deeply. Capehart's stark and powerful blockcuts of the fourteen Stations are accompanied by monologues from the point of view of someone at each station. These monologues, along with biblical references and a brief liturgy, are excellent for individual devotions, but can also be used by groups who walk the Stations together."" --The Anglican Digest ""The collaboration by this artist and writer has produced a small, but powerful book that depicts the trails of Christ from his condemnation to his death and the placing of his body in the tomb. Walking the Way of Sorrows offers a fresh perspective for those who want to explore the meaning of the stations more deeply."" --Episcopal Life ""This book will move you. From the moment you pick it up, you are grabbed and transported back in time. Walking the Way of Sorrows helps you to experience Christ's final hours from the point of view of average people of his time. It will make an outstanding Lenten devotional or Bible study for teens and adults."" --Homeschool Christian ""In this excellent resource, church journalist Katerina Katsarka Whitley has written monologues tied to each one of the fourteen stations on the Way of Sorrows."" --Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Health

Author Information

Katerina Whitley has worked as a church journalist for the past two decades and also is the author of two other books of monologues: Speaking for Ourselves: Voices of Biblical Women and Seeing for Ourselves: Biblical Women Who Met Jesus, both available from Morehouse Publishing. Noyes Capehart is a professional artist whose works have been shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Smithsonian Museum, and elsewhere. His art has been featured in American Artist magazine as well as in private collections in the United States, Europe, and Mexico.

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