Portsmouth Herald | 3/27/2018
PORTSMOUTH – During Lent, all around the world, Christians and churches enter into a time of self-examination, fasting, studying and prayer as they consider their spiritual health. This time of introspection ends on Good Friday, when many follow symbolically in the steps of Jesus as he carried his cross through Jerusalem to the site of his crucifixion.
On Friday March 30th at 1:30 p.m., a Pilgrimage of 14 Stations of the Cross will be a tour led by the Black Heritage Trail of NH (BHTNH). It begins at the “puddle dock” area of Portsmouth Harbor, where the story of African slavery began in New Hampshire and end at the African American Burying Ground Memorial.
The Rev. Gail Avery, Canon for Transition and Community Engagement in The Episcopal Church of New Hampshire explained the meaning of this Lenten journey which culminates with Good Friday. “We ask ourselves how well are we living out Jesus’ gospel of love in our lives, our homes, our churches, our towns, our schools, our places of work? In what ways have we fallen short? What could we do better? What needs to be forgiven or re-imagined in ways that potentially has the power to change the narrative of our lives and become more loving and life-giving?”
