Lent Stations: Journeys

The Israelites journeyed for forty years in the wilderness, between their exodus from enslavement in Egypt and their arrival in a ‘land of milk and honey’. Jesus Christ’s forty-day fast in the desert before beginning his public ministry was an echo of this wilderness journey. These were times of testing and preparation: of making ready for something new.

The Christian season of Lent is also a time of making ready. It, too, spans forty days of spiritual travel. Its arrival point is Easter, with its celebration of renewal and abundant life. It is a journey.

Our VCS ‘Stations’ this Lent are designed to be fourteen staging posts along a Lenten journey. Each of our chosen artworks and its accompanying commentary (available also as an audio track) explores some aspect of journeys or journeying, and, taken as a whole, they will take you on a journey through salvation history, towards the fulfilment of God’s redemptive purposes.

During Holy Week, four more dedicated artworks and commentaries will continue an exploration of our Lenten theme from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday, when our journey will come to an end.