April 2025 Reader. When we think about Mary, the mother of Jesus, most of us picture her in the birth of Jesus, or at the wedding in John 2, where she draws His attention to the need and speaks her final recorded words, “Do whatever He tells you” (John 2:5), or within the events of the resurrection weekend. But we see her one more time, in the upper room at Pentecost (this year, May 24, 2026). A beautiful YouTube documentary of a new artist piece If you want to sit with this part of her...

April 2025 Reader. This is a rewrite from last year. As Sabbath happens every week. While working on the Hearing Their Stories: Reading Guide, (for the podcast series found on Spotify here), I was struck by a note in my Bible: Psalm 92 is a psalm for the Sabbath—meant to be read every Sabbath. Imagine that. For thousands of years, every single Saturday (remember, Sabbath in Jewish tradition begins Friday at sundown and ends Saturday at sundown), Jewish people all over the world read Psalm 92....

February 2026 Reader. “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” I’ve been listening to a version of that song from Tommee Profitt’s new album The Resurrection of the King. https://open.spotify.com/track/68SvQp1992P62AUdgOSqLm?si=6ce93d44e50643da (also available on YouTube and Apple Music) It’s an African American spiritual first printed in 1899, likely composed by enslaved African Americans in the 19th century. It later became the first spiritual included in a major American hymnal, and...