“ISIS said they were ‘chopping off the heads of those that have been carrying around the cross illusion in their heads.’



“I feel like someone banged on cymbals somewhere and I can’t stop the reverberation: They’re ‘chopping off the heads of those that have been carrying around the Cross illusion in their heads.’



“The world feels like a million impossible tons. My lungs feel heavy. Like I can’t breathe, like I can’t move for the weight of glory.



“Who carries around the Cross in their heads?



“Who lets the Cross shape them, lets the Cross become the pattern of their minds, shape their neural pathways, form and inform their thinking?



“Who carries their Cross, who picks up and carries their Cross — that they would die for carrying the cross in their heads, in their hearts, for literally embodying the Cross?



“Maybe only — The ones who carry around the Cross of Christ in their heads — are the only ones who really have Love of God in their hearts.



“The ones who carry around the Cross of Christ in their heads — are the only ones who really have Love of God in their hearts.”



— Ann Voskamp, “The Wake-Up Call that is ISIS: Who in the Church is Answering?”