"Where's Your Cross Made?"

In the most recent issue of Sojourner's, a brief article, "Where's Your Cross Made?" mentioned crosses being made in China by slave labor (to read the article click on the title above). A brief quote,

In the report titled “To­day Workers Bear the Cross,” U.S.-based churches and Christian retailers are accused of selling crucifixes made by slave labor in China. The report focuses on the Junxingye sweatshop factory in southern China, which employs mostly young women paid 26.5 cents per hour—less than half of China’s legal minimum wage.

As we continue on our Lenten journey, we reflect on the presence of sin in the world and our response to it. Our following the cross, our discipleship, is indeed costly. Let us not allow the symbol of our salvation to cheapen another's life.