The Cross-Shaped Journey: Finding Christ in the Middle of Suffering

May 17, 2026  •  The Rev. Billy Cerveny

The Fyre Festival promised luxury villas and delivered rain-soaked tents and cheese sandwiches, and the Christian life can feel as if the brochure lied. Peter tells suffering believers not to be surprised by fiery trials and to rejoice as they share Christ's sufferings. Through union with Christ, Rev. Cerveny explains, our pain becomes personal to Jesus and takes the shape of his story: the cross before the crown.