After it was stolen in 2010 and the US Supreme Court weighed in on the ongoing controversy, the Mojave Cross, which honors the nation’s military, is finally home for good.
The faithful removed cowboy hats and bowed their heads for Easter service.
Nearly 40 men, women and children gathered in view of the white cross made of pipe. They sang the Easter hymn, some off-key but all in earnest.
Raise your joys and triumphs high alleluia
Sing ye heavens and earth reply alleluia
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Larry Craig’s two sons and his grandchildren climb up on Sunrise Rock in the Mojave Desert, where every year for decades dozens of parishioners have gathered for an Easter sunrise service.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
This is church, but there’s no building in sight in this remote section of the Mojave Desert. There are no pews, just green and red camp chairs placed beneath the branches of a juniper tree. The worship and service hymnals are printed on white paper, the pages stapled together proclaiming “Resurrection Sunday.”
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