1. Preparation | Incarnation and birth of Christ | The crib of a barn in a suburban town | A place of humility and joy |
Presentation of Jesus at the temple and flight into Egypt | The temple and the coastline of the Mediterranean | A place of waiting and prophesying |
Infant Jesus at Nazareth | The rural village adjacent to a foreign country | A carpentry as a job and question-and-answer education |
2. Public Ministry | Baptism at the Jordan River | Riverside with frequent flooding | A place of renewal through full immersion into water and manifestation of heavenly sign |
Temptation in the wilderness | The white calcareous wilderness | A place of test through which Jesus is emptied himself and become fully dependent on the Word |
Calling the disciples | Around Lake Galilee, as wide as the sea | From the place of labor to the place of calling |
Sermon on the Mount | Hill that can gather more than 5,000 people | A place of showing Truth to all people |
Walking on water | Lake Galilee that is sometimes calm and sometimes stormy | A place of falling into the water without attentiveness |
Sermon at the temple | Inner/outer ward, in many parts of the castle | A house of the Word and prayer (the analogy of plant growth and spiritual growth) |
Resurrection of Nazarus | The cave tomb carved from rock | A place of both sorrow and resurrection |
Contemplation on Palm Sunday | The very crowded street in Jerusalem | A entrance of making decision to meet the Passion |
3. Passion week | The Last Supper | The house of a wealthy Jew | A place of serving others through sharing flesh and blood |
Dying on cross | Gethsemane hill in the olive grove, rock of Golgotha hill | A place of human weakness (a place where olive oil was ‘squeezed’) |
Buried in a grave | The cave in a rocky mountain | A place of freedom through victory over death |
4. Resurrection | Jesus’ acts post-resurrection | The graveside, roadside, lake and an attic of a house | A place of commissioning to witness life |