The cross reminds us of the point in history when the world was changed. Two thousand years ago, a cross was an ancient instrument of torture and death for criminals. Christ the accused criminal king, wearing a crown of thorns, was nailed to a wooden cross. Nails that should have pierced my hands and feet held him there. A crown of pain rested on his brow, not mine. A spear that should have penetrated my side stabbed him. The cross, the misery, the mystery - all reduced in 2018 to a piece of jewellery, a t-shirt logo, or perhaps a bumper sticker on a car. Pray for a recovery of Christian faith across our nations; for faith and an unwavering belief that Christ saved us through his death and resurrection. Pray for the relevance of the cross to impact today’s culture once again.