The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion
Luke 23.27-43

My first day at the lumber camp was probably the hardest. I was issued with thick leather gloves, and sent off to the first shed, where the planks arrived after the huge trees had been sliced up. The boards came out sideways on a huge conveyor belt, and had to be manhandled, in their different sizes, on to the trucks that took them to the next stage of the process. Up till this point, they were heavy and wet, partly because they were freshly cut and partly because they had arrived at the camp by being floated down the river. This conveyor system was known as the ‘green chain’; this is where the ‘green’ lumber arrived and was dealt with...

Taken from Luke for Everyone – by Tom Wright