The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp
Week 6: Chapter 5 — Cruciform Love
Read Chapter 5 of The Broken Way. Key passages: Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:5–8.
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Voskamp introduces one of the book's most important concepts — cruciform love, love shaped like a cross — and challenges us to consider whether that kind of love is actually shaping our daily relationships.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Voskamp uses the word 'cruciform' — cross-shaped — to describe the kind of love that goes down before it rises, that gives before it receives, that serves rather than demands. In your own words, what does cruciform love look like in everyday life — at home, at work, in friendship?
2.Philippians 2 describes Jesus as one who 'emptied himself' — took on the form of a servant, humbled himself to the point of death. Voskamp says this self-emptying (kenosis) is the pattern we are called to imitate. Where does that call feel most costly or impossible to you right now?
3.She reflects honestly on her own marriage — the friction, the misunderstanding, the ways love can become transactional or defensive rather than freely given. How does the broken way challenge the most intimate relationships in your life? Where do you tend to keep score rather than give freely?
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