When Devotion No Longer Feels Like Enough: A Way of the Cross That Meets You Where You Are

I got to the point where I couldn’t just read my Bible anymore.

Not like I used to.

Not like it was enough.

I didn't want another pre-packaged experience. I didn’t want another list of what to think, what to feel, what to pray. I wanted something that met me—really met me. And I didn’t know if that made me broken, or if it meant I was finally hungry for something real.

Maybe you know that hunger, too.

Maybe you’ve sat in church, in a small group, in the quiet of your home, and felt the echo of something missing. The whisper that says, there must be more than this. More than filling in the blanks of a devotional, more than another sermon washing over you, more than trying to feel something you don’t.

If that’s you, you’re not alone. And no, you’re not broken.

You’re being called deeper.

And that is what The Way of the Cross, The Way Home is about.

Not another thing to do. Not another spiritual checklist. But a reorientation to yourself, your community, and God in a way that is visceral, experiential, and real.

A way home.

The Cross as More Than a Memory—A Lived Experience

Lent, Passion Week, Easter—we’ve heard these words so often they can lose their weight. We know the story. We know what happens. But knowing isn’t the same as walking.

For centuries, the Way of the Cross has been more than an intellectual exercise. It has been embodied, lived, experienced. The stations of the cross weren’t meant to be something we just read about—they were meant to be a road we walk, a path we move through in our bodies, in our breath, in our own lives.

But in our modern way of faith, we’ve lost that.

We’ve made it something we think about, not something we feel.

Something we consume, not something we enter into.

That’s why this book and this journey are different. Because you are different. And what you need isn’t more words—it’s a way to come home to your own body, your own experience, and your own connection with God.

What if Lent Wasn't Just Something You Did, But Something That Did Something to You?

What if this year, you didn’t just go through the motions of Lent?

What if, instead, you entered into a path of transformation?

  • What if instead of reading about Jesus falling, you noticed where you have fallen?

  • What if instead of reflecting on Simon carrying the cross, you looked at who is carrying you—and who you are called to carry?

  • What if instead of reciting prayers, you actually felt them in your breath, your body, your bones?

This is the invitation.

A Way of the Cross that isn’t just something to check off your spiritual to-do list. But something that brings you back to yourself, to your faith, to the deep, untamed love of God that is always calling you home.

How This Journey Will Change You

This is not a book that tells you what to think.

It’s a guide that helps you listen—to yourself, to your body, to the Spirit who has always been speaking.

Through poetic reflection, embodied practices, and sacred invitations, you will move beyond just thinking about faith and into experiencing it. Feeling it. Walking it.

  • Breath prayers that anchor you in the present moment.

  • Guided reflections that don’t just fill your mind but stir your soul.

  • Somatic practices that remind you faith isn’t just an idea—it’s a lived, breathed, embodied thing.

Because faith was never meant to be a theory. It was meant to be alive.

An Invitation to a Different Kind of Lent

If you’ve ever felt like devotion wasn’t enough—if you’ve ever longed for something more—this is for you.

This is not a program. This is not a spiritual fix.

This is a way forward—a way home.

And it begins here.

Join us for The Way of the Cross, The Way Home—a journey that doesn’t just fill your time, but transforms your life.

The journey begins March 1st.

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Let’s walk this road—together.

elle miller

Inspired by Lewis Carole’s poem, The Jabberwocky, and one word, MANGALISO, I set out to focus on how others can daily experience the amazement (Mangaliso is Zulu for “YOU ARE AN AMAZEMENT”) of their own being.

There are frightful realities that exist, learning how to overcome them and thrive is what I am about in life and at work. Whether the “beast” is imposter syndrome, the inner critic, stress, anxiety, burn-out or fatigue there are ways to vanquish the obstacles that stand in the way.

Hi, my name is Elle Miller, and I am a passionate trauma-informed SOMATIC therapist (C-IAYT, 500 hr Therapeutic Yoga Specialist, 200 hr Experienced Yoga Instructor) who truly believes in the healing power of integrative mind-body-spirit modalities.

The greatest gift somatic therapy has given me is deeper breaths and a calmer mind, more connection to myself as I truly am as well as the ability to connect to others more authentically.

I’ve owned local businesses in Blacksburg, VA and Charlotte, NC for many years and have been involved in online leadership since 2004. I have a wealth of knowledge and experience that will help me help you, whether that’s in-person or online.

https://elledmiller.com
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