This Easter Rise Up

This week, we're rereading the Easter story not as a sentimental holiday but as one of the most politically disruptive moments in the entire tradition. Mary Magdalene — a woman whose testimony wasn't legally valid in her culture — becomes the first witness to the resurrection and the first person sent to carry the news. We talk about what it means to stay in the confusion, to be known by name, and why resurrection isn't something you commemorate. It's something you're summoned into. Missiongathering is a progressive, queer-affirming Christian community. Find us at missiongathering.com. References in this episode: Howard Thurman, Søren Kierkegaard, Elizabeth Johnson, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Frederick Douglass, Karl Barth, and Augustine.