That's a departure for the Christian Drama School of New Jersey — which normally casts a boy in the Jesus role for its annual "Cross Carry," a Good Friday tradition for 23 years. More formidably ...

Volunteers took turns carrying a 7-foot-tall wooden cross on Oxmoor Road, getting a small sense of what Jesus endured on Good Friday. “It felt like a heavy burden,” said Aidan Pearson ...

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: What did Jesus mean when He said we have to carry a cross? I've heard people talk about a problem they have and say it's a cross they have to bear, but is this what Jesus meant?

It is interesting. Simon didn’t offer to help Jesus carry the cross. The Gospel says that Simon was “pressed into service to carry his cross.” The cross was forced on him, he was made to ...

The Christian Drama School of New Jersey says 15-year-old Maddie Harmon was the only one to play Jesus and carry the heavy 12-foot cross for more than two miles. The school says they just didn't ...

even when given a choice to free Jesus or Barabbas, followed by Jesus carrying the cross and being hung on it to die.