We are starting a fresh teaching series and community focus at the River Church. In these weeks before Easter, we are entering into the weight, darkness, significance, and glory of the cross. Standing in the shadow of the cross, we enter into a solemn space. A weighty moment which our words can’t capture. Here, an epoch shifts; a crushing debt is paid; a cosmic battle is won; light has pierced the darkness and human history bends toward redemption. In this event of absolute gravity, only a few words escape the parched lips of Jesus. In the next few Sundays, let’s huddle together around the cross, lean in and listen with all of our might. As Jesus breaks His ancient silence, His words offer breakthrough for our lives. We hear a painful and powerful lament from the cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?!”