In this hard-hitting paperback, Kenneth Leech writes: "The cross stands between human fallenness and human fulfillment, between dust and glory, between Eden and the New Jerusalem." According to this Anglican priest, the Lenten experience involves a rendezvous with the scandal of Christ's passion. The Jesus who "entered into the pain of the world" calls us to do the same.
Leech exhorts readers to study and enact the Lord's servanthood, the ethic of nonviolence, and the love of enemies. This resource is studied during Lent by many church small groups.