Apostle to the Apostles: Mary Magdalene

Today is Mary Madgalene’s feast day. When I did a sermon series in August/September 2019 on the women in Jesus’ genealogy, Mary was an addition since she was a spiritual sister to Jesus and thus a part of his family. With that in mind, I am reposting this blog.

As I sat with Mary Magdalene this week, I have been amazed at her tenacious spirit and appalled at the slander thrown at her by the early church which has only recently began to be rectified. I was a part of that ignorance for many years with the image of Yvonne Elliman who played Mary Magdalene in Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar… continue reading at