The Way of the Cross: Through the Eyes of John the Beloved (with Pilate's Witness): Shadow and Crown is a Stations of the Cross meditation told through two very different witnesses to the Passion of Christ. John, the beloved disciple, remembers what it meant to stay — to watch, to love, and to stand at the foot of the cross when nearly everyone else fled. Pontius Pilate remembers what it meant to hesitate — to weigh truth against fear, and to surrender justice for the sake of peace. Through thei