Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the ApostlesLuke 8:1–3 | John 20:1–18 Mary Magdalene’s name echoes through the Gospels like a whisper turning into a shout. She was one of Jesus’ most faithful disciples, a ...  Read More

Pandita Ramabai, Scholar and ActivistJames 2:14–17 | John 18:1–19:37 Holy Saturday is a day of stillness and shadows, a day in between. The cross is behind us. The resurrection has not yet come. It is...  Read More

Dorothy Day, WorkerJames 2:14–17 | John 18:1–19:37 On Good Friday, we enter the stillness and sorrow of the crucifixion. We stand at the foot of the cross and bear witness to Jesus—beaten, betrayed, m...  Read More

Karen Oliveto, Bishop and LeaderActs 10:34–35 | John 13:1–35 On Maundy Thursday, we return to the table. We return to the towel and the basin. We return to Jesus, who bends low in love, kneeling to wa...  Read More

Catherine of Siena, Mystic and TheologianEphesians 1:7–10 | Hebrews 12:1–3 Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) burned with a love that consumed her entirely. A Dominican laywoman, mystic, theologian, and r...  Read More

Harriet Tubman, Conductor and SuffragetteIsaiah 41:10 | John 12:20–36 Harriet Tubman (c. 1822–1913) walked in the light when all around her was darkness. Born into slavery, she escaped to freedom in t...  Read More

Patrick Cheng, Theologian and PriestJohn 1:1–14 | John 12:1–11 Patrick S. Cheng is a queer theologian and Episcopal priest whose work challenges the church to rediscover the heart of Christian doctrin...  Read More

Hildegard of Bingen, Mystic and TheologianLuke 19:28–40 | Philippians 2:5–11 The branches shake. The donkey brays. The people cry out. Palm Sunday is not a quiet procession. It is the stirring of eart...  Read More

Katherine Johnson, Mathematician Psalm 19:1–4 | Leviticus 23:1–8 Katherine Johnson (1918–2020) was a pioneering mathematician and one of the brilliant Black women whose calculations made space travel ...  Read More

Delores S. Williams, Womanist TheologianJohn 10:10 | Hebrews 2:10–18 Delores S. Williams (1937–2022) was a groundbreaking womanist theologian whose work reshaped the theological landscape by lifting u...  Read More

Howard Thurman, Mystic and TheologianMatthew 5:14-16 | Psalm 31:9-16 Howard Thurman (1899–1981) was a mystic, theologian, pastor, and mentor to a generation of civil rights leaders—including Martin Lu...  Read More

John, the Beloved and DiscipleJohn 13:23 | Luke 18:31-34 John the Beloved, the disciple whom Jesus loved, offers us a vision of deep intimacy with Christ. Among the Twelve, he is portrayed as the one ...  Read More