Product Overview
Take a meaningful walk with Jesus this Lent that invites reflection, inspires spiritual attentiveness, and opens your heart to the many forms discipleship can take in daily life.
In Meeting Jesus on the Road, readers are invited to journey alongside Christ through the Gospel stories that define his earthly path. Gathering a group of disciples around him, Jesus travelled the region, teaching, healing, and proclaiming that the reign of God is at hand. He met them all with compassion. He brought them hope. From the Jordan River to the hills of Galilee and beyond, Jesus calls us—like the first disciples—to follow, listen, question, and grow.
Designed as a spiritual journey from the First Sunday in Lent to Easter, this Lenten study offers a meaningful way to engage the season through Scripture, reflection, and walking. Throughout, readers will learn that faith is not a sedentary thing, but a relationship with God that grows and changes over a lifetime. With pastoral insight, authors Cynthia Campbell and Christine Coy Fohr thoughtfully guide readers along the road. In each chapter they include:
- A passage from Scripture and meaningful reflections that connect Jesus’ journey to your own life of faith
- Thought-provoking questions for small groups or personal reflection
- A "walking prompt" to deepen your Lenten practice through meditative walking
Whether used in a group setting or on your own, this study will help you hear Jesus’ call with fresh clarity and respond with renewed purpose. Lent isn’t just a season—it’s a sacred invitation to walk more closely with the One who leads us toward life.
Reviews
"In the same way that Communion bridges the sacred and the tangible, Meeting Jesus on the Road helps readers bridge the gap between our souls and our bodies. Campbell and Fohr set out a path that Christians can follow during the Lenten season, with reflections and practices that encourage full integration of mind, body, and soul. Meeting Jesus on the Road shows readers how to walk with Jesus on the path to the cross and discover the glorious promise of journeying with Jesus through the resurrection. Campbell and Fohr's approach demonstrates how to practice theology with practical steps anyone can take to grow closer to the Divine during the Lenten seasons." —Kara Eidson, United Methodist pastor and author of The Advent Tree: Meeting Jesus in God’s Big Story
"Like the contemplative circuits of a labyrinth, Meeting Jesus on the Road begins and ends with God. Set aside your customary compass and set out on this Lenten journey through Scripture and the life of faith. Campbell and Fohr are wise, well-traveled guides."—Rachel Srubas, Pastor, Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church, and author of The Desert of Compassion: Devotions for the Lenten Journey
"Our faith is indeed a journey, and Cynthia Campbell and Christine Fohr are able guides as we make our Lenten pilgrimage with Jesus. They offer historical context, biblical scholarship, and contemporary wisdom in Meeting Jesus on the Road. Each thoughtful and thought-provoking chapter includes questions to ponder either individually or with a group, and the walking prompt that concludes each chapter offers a unique opportunity to get up and encounter Jesus in our own time and place. Campbell’s and Fohr’s combined insights and gifts create a rich and literally moving devotional." —Jill Duffield, Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, and author of Appreciate These Things: Eight Ways of Cultivating Compassion
"Using images, metaphors, and lessons from the life and wanderings of Jesus and from the spiritual practices of pilgrimages and labyrinths, the authors lead you on a Lenten journey that is engaging, exacting, and enlightening. Without sugarcoating the hardships of following Jesus, nor diminishing the joy of following Jesus, the authors provide new ways to understand the cost of discipleship—the cost of meeting Jesus on the road. From Galilee with Jesus’ ministry of healing and teaching to Jerusalem with Jesus’ death and resurrection to Galilee once again, we follow the disciples on a there-and-back journey of new beginning. This Lenton study is sure to transform your Lenten season into a pilgrimage of spiritual renewal. I highly recommend it, especially to church leaders who are seeking new and exciting material for their congregations."—Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Appalachian Trail Circuit Chaplain and author of The Way of New Beginning: Discovering a New Spiritual Path on the Camino de Santiago